Maureen O’Leary’s short stories, poems, and essays can be found recently and soon in Bourbon Penn, Nightmare Magazine, Reckon Review, Occulum Journal, Flame Tree Press’ anthology Alternate History, and Sycamore Review, among other places. She has recently been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and serves as the managing editor of The Black Fork Review. She is a graduate of Ashland MFA.