Amanda Forrest (www.amandaforrestfiction.com) spent many years as a programmer and manager in the MMO video games industry before going on hiatus to pursue writing. She recently relocated with her family to her small hometown in western Colorado where the empty landscapes provide space for inspiration and the opportunity for outdoor adventures. Her fiction has appeared in or is forthcoming in publications such as Asimov’s Science Fiction, Writers of the Future, and The Dark.