Laura Blackwell's speculative fiction appears in the World Fantasy Award-winning *She Walks in Shadows* anthology, *Hardened Hearts,* and *Strange California,* among others. Her fiction received a Pushcart Prize nomination from *Syntax & Salt.* She was *Shimmer's* copy editor from 2014 until the publication closed in 2018 and is now copy editor for *The Deadlands.* [Amazon author page](https://www.amazon.com/Laura-Blackwell/e/B077H5TPLF), 5 February 2022