Aaron Hellem lives with his wife in Leverett, Massachusetts and attends the M.F.A. Program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His short stories have recently appeared in Menda City Review, Powhatan Review, Right Hand Pointing, Denver Syntax, and Xavier Review; also, works of his are forthcoming in Anemone Sidecar, Lake Effect, Reed Magazine, Amoskeag, Noö Journal, Ellipsis, and Beloit Fiction Journal. Contact: almostchinese@yahoo.com.