Spencer Nitkey is a writer, researcher, and educator living in Philadelphia. He is a 2023 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction finalist, and a Best Small Fictions and Pushcart nominee. His writing has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Apex Magazine, Diabolical Plots, Fusion Fragment, Weird Horror, Apparition Lit, and others. You can find more about him and his writing on his website spencernitkey.com.