Dayle Furlong is the author of the novel Saltwater Cowboys, a 2015 Toronto Public Library Dewey Diva Pick, and a collection of poetry entitled Open Slowly. Her short-fiction has appeared in journals in Canada and the US and has been awarded an Award of Merit from the Summer Literary Seminars international literary competition. She is a graduate of the Humber College School for Writers and is currently completing an online Masters of Arts in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Her collection of short-fiction Lake Effect & Other Stories will soon be published by Cormorant Books. (Photo of Dayle Furlong by Liz Martin)