Ray Abernathy is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C. whose short stories have been published by the South Dakota Review, FictionNow, the Dead Mule and won honorable mention awards from Glimmer Train and the Potomac Review. He is the author of two novels: Stepping on the Cracks and Pete and Max Take a Walk on the Upper West Side—both of which are dutifully trolling for agents and/or publishers.