Gabby Gilliam is a writer, a teacher, and a mom. She lives in the DC metro area with her son. She is a founding member of the Old Scratch Short Form Collective. Her first chapbook, No Ocean Spit Me Out, was released in June 2024 from Old Scratch Press. Her novella duology, Drumming for the Dead: Trouble in Tomsk and Drumming for the Dead: Chasing a Cure were released from Black Hare Press. Her poetry and fiction has appeared online and in multiple anthologies.  You can find her online at gabbygilliam.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GabbyGilliamAuthor.