Heather Rutherford is published in Down in the Dirt, El Portal, Euphony Journal, Literally Stories, The MacGuffin, moonShine Review, riverSedge, SORTES Magazine, Stirring: A Literary Collection, and is forthcoming in Valparaiso Fiction Review.  Heather grew up in a small town called Endwell in upstate New York and escaped the cold by attending the University of Richmond to earn a bachelor’s degree in English literature. She lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she taught yoga and meditation for fourteen years and writes and edits the yoga center newsletter. Heather has raised two kids and several Labrador Retrievers, including two yellows named Huckleberry Finn and Scout Finch.