Katie M. Flynn’s short fiction has appeared in Indiana Review, The Masters Review, Ninth Letter, Tin House, Witness Magazine, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, THE COMPANIONS, about love, revenge, and uploaded consciousness during a pandemic was released by Scout Press/Gallery Books (March 2020), and her interlinked collection of short stories, ISLAND RULE, is forthcoming (March 2022). Katie has been awarded Colorado Review’s Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction and a Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing. You can find her at: www.katiemflynn.com.