Alina Rios spent the first part of her life in St. Petersburg, Russia, and now lives in Seattle, Washington with her 6–year old son and a ghost–cat. Her poetry has appeared in Rust & Moth, Neon, StarLine, and Camroc Press Review. Her fiction was shortlisted for the Gulliver Travel Grant and is forthcoming in Beorh Quarterly. To learn more or say hello, visit www.alinarios.com.
