A native Floridian, Crystal Sidell grew up playing with toads in the rain and indulging in speculative fiction. She holds a master of arts in both English and library & information science, moderates creative writing groups, and has reviewed books for the Florida Library Youth Program. When she’s not busy working, she’s usually looking for ways to spoil her pets or stopping traffic to rescue animals. She dreams of traveling the world and hopes to someday revisit New Zealand. A Pushcart, Best of the Net, Dwarf Star Nominee and Rhysling Finalist, her work appears in 34 Orchard, Apparition Lit, Baffling Magazine, BFS Horizons, Eye to the Telescope, F&SF, Haven Spec, JOURN-E, Martian Magazine, NewMyths, On Spec, Orion's Belt, petrichor, Quiet Ones, Silver Blade, Sprawl Mag, Strange Horizons, Stupefying Stories, Trollbreath, Weird Christmas, and others.