Michael Credico is the author of Heartland Calamitous, which was longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection, and the 2021 Story Prize. His writing has appeared in Black Warrior Review, The Collagist, Columbia Journal, Denver Quarterly, New Ohio Review, Puerto del Sol, Quarterly West, and others. He is an editor for the Cleveland Review of Books. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.