Author of the article

Nicholas Claro holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Wichita State University. His stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and appear or are forthcoming in JMWW, Identity Theory, Reckon Review, Cleaver Magazine, Necessary Fiction, XRAY Lit Mag, Heavy Feather Review, Write or Die Magazine, and others. His debut collection of short fiction - This Is Where You Are - is forthcoming from Roadside Press the fall of 2025. He lives in Wichita, Kansas, where he teaches high school English.