Sean Hooks is originally from New Jersey and has recently moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex after nine years in Los Angeles. His website can be perused at www.seanhooks.com. He holds a BA-Liberal Arts from Drew University, an MFA-Fiction from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an MA-English from Loyola Marymount University. His publications include essays, articles, reviews, short stories, and flash fiction. Recent venues presenting his work include Los Angeles Review of Books, BOMB Magazine, Socrates on the Beach, Full Stop, The Morning News, Southeast Review, Quarterly West, The Molotov Cocktail, and Vol. 1 Brooklyn.