Jim Speese holds a PhD in post-WWII American Literature from Lehigh University and currently teaches writing at Albright College. He is a singer/songwriter with the band Cloud Party. He lived in and worked for Yellowstone National Park for four years and spent three months hiking the Appalachian Trail. His fiction is published in many places. His short story “The Confession of Monsignor Vorges” was published in Potato Soup Journal’s Best of 2021 anthology. Jim lives in a cabin in the woods.