S.L. Coney is the author of Wild Spaces, an Esquire Best of Horror 2023 pick and a 2024 Philip K. Dick Award finalist. Their short stories have appeared in St. Louis Noir and Gamut Magazine and their story “Abandoned Places” was selected for 2017’s Best American Mystery Stories. They still hold seashells to their ears to hear the ocean speak to them, and are still deeply disappointed their fins never grew in.