poet and high school English teacher living with her husband and dogs in Kansas melissafitejohnson.com

Artist & author; government auditor (really); reluctant rural hermit; really into travel, vultures, diagrams, kdramas, fiber, photography, and my doggo.

🏳️‍🌈 ally, BLM, gamedev (Thief, Promesst), original Indie Game Jam cofounder, popularized C header-file-only libs w/stb. he/him Larry, I'm on DuckTales. htt

Writer & author of THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE: Essays, an NPR Best Book of the year & HOW TO MAKE YOUR MOTHER CRY: fictions, long-listed for the 2025 Story Prize.

Writer. Author of THE PRESIDENT’S VAMPIRE, KILLFILE, FLASHMOB. Books, journalism, screenplays, comics. Married to @goldenpurl.bsky.social. ROBERT B. PARKER'S BI

Writer & EIC for @completesentence

Author of The Mirror Thief (Melville House 2016). Suspicious of brevity.

The premiere yearly tournament of music and memory. 2026's tournament features Xmas, holiday, and seasonal songs and runs in December 2026. Selection committee