Agent 004 has worked in web and print publishing for decades, from copyediting and compositing national magazines and journals, to coding websites for organizations large and small. After 8 years battling in New York City, the machine-turned-man absconded to a quiet lair in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he cultivated his inner hippie, learned to relax and broadened his beer horizons.

But a machine at rest is just a chunk of lead, so he packed up his techno-luggage and moved to sunny San Diego, where there’s less chance of rust. From his new HQ, Agent 004 seeks the seamless conversion from print to web—a bright future where books are both paper and pixels, and an android can dream in both code and verse.

Beneath his metal armor beats the heart of a poet, having earned his B.A. in English at the University of Redlands, and his M.F.A. in Poetry from UC Irvine.