Steven Barker is the author of the essay collection “Now for the Disappointing Part: A Pseudo-Adult’s Decade of Short-Term Jobs, Long-Term Relationships, and Holding Out for Something Better,” released by Skyhorse Publishing. He is a 2014-2015 Made at Hugo Fellow, and a co-founder of “Cheap Wine & Poetry” and “Cheap Beer & Prose.” His work has appeared in Salon, Brevity, HAD, The Weeklings, Split Lip Magazine, PageBoy Magazine, The Monarch Review, Geekwire, and elsewhere.