Pat Rushin teaches creative writing in the English Department at the University of Central Florida. He has earned degrees from the University of Dayton, the Ohio State University, and the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars. His book of short stories, Puzzling through the News, was published by Galileo Press, and his stories have appeared in various literary magazines, including The North American Review, Indiana Review, North Atlantic Review, Kansas Quarterly, American Review, and a whole bunch of other Place-Specific Reviews.