Dennis McFadden, a retired project manager, lives and writes in a cedar-shingled cottage called Summerhill in the woods of upstate New York. His collection Jimtown Road, winner of the 2016 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction, was published in October of that year, and his first collection, Hart’s Grove, was published by Colgate University Press in 2010. In addition, his fiction has appeared in dozens of other publications including The Missouri Review, New England Review, Prism International, Event, Prairie Fire, The Sewanee Review, Crazyhorse, The Antioch Review, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and The Best American Mystery Stories. Photo by Marionlynn Giroux