T.E. Hahn is the author of the Kirkus Star awarded novel Open My Eyes. His fiction was nominated for The Best Small Fictions of 2021. He holds an MFA in fiction from Fairfield University and a PhD in English literature, specializing in contemporary American short fiction and ecomasculinities from St. John’s University. He teaches literature and creative writing at Great Neck North High School and St. John’s University in New York. His fiction and nonfiction appear in Flash Fiction Magazine, Haunted Waters Press, Spry, The Puritan, Bright Lights Film Journal, Typishly, The Shakespeare Newsletter, and others. He was a semifinalist for a Norman Mailer Award.