Richard Zwicker is a retired English teacher living in Vermont, USA, with his wife and beagle. His short stories have appeared in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Stupefying Stories, and Dragon Gems. Two collections of his work, Walden Planet and other stories and The Reopened Cask and other stories are also available. In addition to reading and writing, he likes to play the piano, jog, and fight the good fight against what he used to call middle age.