Kelly Lynn Thomas reads a lot and writes strange fiction in Pittsburgh, PA. She lives with her partner, one dog, a cat, and a constant migraine. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Permafrost, Cotton Xenomorph, Sou’wester, The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, The Millions, The Rumpus, and other journals. Kelly received her MFA in Creative Writing from Chatham University, is a coordinator for the VIDA Count, and can always be found with a large mug of tea. Find her on Twitter @kellylynnthomas.

Selected Fiction Publications

• “The End Is Another Way to Say ‘Begin Again’” | flash fiction | Cotton Xenomorph
• “The Time I Listened to Nothing but Warren Zevon for One Year Straight” | short fiction | Permafrost
• “Things to Come” | flash fiction | Flash Fiction Online
• “Shimmer” | short fiction | Pacifica Literary Review, Issue 15.2
• “It Could Be” | flash fiction | The Fourth River, Issue O.5 — online

Selected Nonfiction Publications

• “MFA Dispatch: What Money Can (and Can’t) Buy” | essay | NUNUM
• “The Utopias of Ursula K. Le Guin” | essay | The Millions
• “What Happens When You’ve Experienced Gatekeeping so often You Start to Gatekeep Yourself?” | essay | Project Stardust