Patricia J. Esposito is author of Beside the Darker Shore and has published numerous works in anthologies, such as Crossing Over, Blurring the Line, Apparitions, Clarify, Queer Fish 2, and Distorted, and magazines, including Scarlet Literary Magazine, Annapurna, Rose and Thorn, Wicked Hollow, Karamu, and Midnight Street. She has received honorable mentions in “year’s best” collections and is a Pushcart Prize nominee. Long-time married to the “boy-next-door,” Patricia has two daughters and works as a copy editor, when she’s not off chasing the muse or her Golden Retriever.