Juan Fernando Villagómez is a writer from Houston, TX. His work can be found in Texas Monthly, American Short Fiction, The Cincinnati Review, The Acentos Review and Ghost City Press. He is a member of the Macondo community for writers and was a finalist for the Keene Prize for Literature and the Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellowship. His writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has received support from the James A. Michener Center for Writers, Willapa Bay Artist Residency, Community of Writers, and Sewanee Writers Conference. He lives with his dog, Abba and two cats, Brick and Ghost.