ABOUT THE AUTHOR
At the time of this writing, Zack Be is an overworked and under-slept graduate student long trapped in the gravity well of the Washington, DC, area. As a writer, musician, student, former rehabilitation counselor, and current couple and family therapist, Zack hopes you are reading this bio in a brighter future; one in which he’s finally found time for sleep between weekend warrior concerts, therapeutic interventions, and industrious all-nighters.
When he isn’t working, writing, or gigging with his bands, Zack plays with his dog Misty, grapples at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym, and generally tries to avoid the clarion call of web-surfing lollygags.
This is Zack’s second prose publication, following the novelette “True Jing,” which appeared in the July/August 2018 edition of Asimov’s Science Fiction.
You may learn more about him at https://www.zackbe.com/.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Brock began creating art after a change in his physical well-being. Overweight since he could remember, he shed 130 pounds over a three-year period. This imbued him with the confidence and willpower he needed to pursue creative endeavors.
After high school, Brock spent two years at the Academy of Art University studying visual development. He is continuing to practice his art with the ultimate goal of going to California Institute of the Arts to study animation. He dreams of starting a studio named Mage Animation that will focus on comedic sci-fi and fantasy film.
You may learn more about him at https://www.instagram.com/brock.art.