Aurelius Raines II

Aurelius Raines II writes and lives in Chicago with his wife, Pam, and his two sons. He likes to write about things that aren’t happening, in hopes that they will ... or won’t. His short stories and essays have been included in the anthologies Dead Inside: Poetry and Essays about Zombies, Black Power: A Superhero Anthology, Apparition Literature, Fiyah Magazine, and Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler, which was the winner of the Locus Award in Non-Fiction. In his spare time, he teaches Physics to highschoolers by showing them how to use science to survive the end of civilization.