Melion Traverse lives with one spouse, two dogs, and a mostly acceptable amount of chaos. Melion's short fiction has appeared in a variety of publications including Deep Magic, Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, Cast of Wonders, and Helios Quarterly Magazine. When not writing, Melion practices historical fencing and other martial arts, studies medieval history, lifts weights, consumes energy drinks, and wages the Battle of Dog Fur.