Merridawn Duckler writes from Portland, Oregon. Recent work in Nerve Lantern, Poetica, TXTOBJX, Airgonaut, The Offing, Ninth Letter. Finalist Sozopol Fiction Fellowship and a Wigleaf 50 in micro-fiction. Residencies/fellowships: Yaddo, Squaw Valley, SLS in St. Petersburg, Russia, NEA. She’s an editor at Narrative and the international philosophy journal Evental Aesthetics. www.merridawnduckler.com