title: The Murder of Crows: And Other Quirky Poems
author:  Kevin Acers 
description: Kevin Acers is a lesser known poet whose work has appeared in literary journals and other publications. This is his third collection, after "Time Machine: Prose Poems &amp; Vignettes" and "Dead Mouse Poems." He lives and writes in Oklahoma City where he has worked as a social worker, educator, and human rights advocate. He served in the Peace Corps for four years in the 1980s and holds graduate degrees in language teaching and social work. To the limited extent that he is known, he is known as a cat person.
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  Ian Skewis was born in Scotland in 1970.
  
  
  
  
  
  He wrote articles for a local paper and had his first poems published at the
  age of 19. He trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and became an
  actor, appearing on film and television, and providing his voice for radio. He
  performed in numerous stage plays that toured internationally, including _Like
  Thunder_ , which received a Fringe First Award in 2001.
  
  
  
  
  
  He is the author of several short stories, including ‘The Circular Memory’,
  ‘Leviathan’, ‘Borrowed Time’ (finalist in The Temporal Logbook international
  competition) and ‘Inkling’, which was published in an anthology, _The
  Speculative Book_ , in 2016.
  
  
  
  
  
  He lives and works in Glasgow.
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Murder_ _of Crows_ is his debut novel.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## **Praise for A Murder of Crows**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _‘Ian Skewis deftly mixes gritty urban settings with sinister countryside in a
  multi-layered plot that 