Alex R. Encomienda is an author of fiction and poetry. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and studied literary arts in college. He has been published in several literary journals and anthologies. Alex often expresses concepts of love, lust, peace, religion, escapism and existentialism in his work. His inspirations come from authors C.S Lewis, Sartre, John Bunyan and Edgar Allan Poe amongst others. Alex is currently working on material for a poetry chapbook. Alex is also the founder and editor of the online literary journal Labyrinthine Passages.