Johanna Haas lives in the hot middle of the US, in a cottage with four lions. She writes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, focusing on speculative fiction. She is neurospicy, disabled and a former professor. Her work has appeared in Bewildering Stories, Young Raven’s Literary Review, *82 Review, and Star*Line. Her poem ‘Absent Hills’ won first place in the Wilda Morris Award from the ISPS. You can find her playing with plants and animals or tying a long string into many knots.