Darcy Alvey is a former journalist with a passion for short stories. She was recently shortlisted for The Masters Review’s Best Emerging Writers and was a finalist in the 2025 Tobias Wolff Award in Fiction. Her short story collection is titled Women Bumping Into Things. She hosts the website GreatShortStories.com, featuring stories that have knocked her socks off with their technique, their brilliance, their ability to parse the human condition. Learn more about the author at GreatShortStories.com.