Sameem Siddiqui (www.sameemwrites.com) is a speculative fiction writer currently living in the United States. He enjoys writing to explore the near-future realities people of South Asian ancestry and Muslim heritage will face in the coming centuries. His stories explore issues of migration, gender, family structure, economics, and space habitation. He’s attended the Tin House and Futurescapes workshops, and his stories have appeared in Clarkesworld and Apparition Lit. Some of Sameem’s favorite authors include Kurt Vonnegut, Octavia Butler, and Haruki Murakami. When he’s not writing, Sameem enjoys reveling in fatherhood, watching ’90s Star Trek, and tinkering with data and music.