Jeremy Broyles is an Arizona native originally from the Cottonwood-Jerome-Sedona high desert, but he was adopted by Nebraska. He earned his B.A. from Doane College, now University, in 2001, his M.A. from Northern Arizona University in 2008, and his MFA in fiction from Wichita State University in 2011. His stories have appeared in The MacGuffin, Santa Clara Review, Rock and a Hard Place Magazine, Pembroke Magazine, Red Rock Review, BULL, Blue Earth Review, and Reckon Review amongst many others. His novel, Flat Water, was published at the end of 2023 by Main Street Rag Press. His short story collection, Gutshots and Second Thoughts, is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press. Jeremy is a fully plant-based vegan and is becoming more insufferable about it by the day. He is a member of the Deaf community after having lost his hearing later in life due to medically unknown reasons. He is an aging rider of bicycles, a talentless surfer of waves, and a happily mediocre player of guitars.