GABRIELLE FERNANDEZ received her MFA from the University of Central Florida. Her fiction has appeared in Waxwing, The Racket Journal, and elsewhere. She is an alumna of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and was a finalist for the 2024 Barry Hannah Prize for Fiction. She loves writing stories that are spooky, dark, and twisted. She can be found at gabriellefernandez.com.

The art that appears alongside this piece is “Subtle Wonders For Steady Peace” by JONATHAN KENT ADAMS.