Mari Kurisato is an award-winning Nakawē niizho-manidoog kwe (Saulteaux aka Western Ojibwe 2 spirit person) writer, poet, and artist. They are a disabled, nonbinary trans-femme parent, artist, romance book reader, and otaku. Pronouns are She/THEY/ (IT for the haters) Their stories have appeared in APEX MAGAZINE, ABSOLUTE POWER: TALES OF QUEER VILLAINY, LOVE BEYOND BODY, SPACE AND TIME, the Lambda Literary award-winning LOVE AFTER THE END, in THINGS WE ARE NOT, and in M-BRANE MAGAZINE. Their latest short stories and novels can be found on patreon.com/wordglass Find them on https://www.wordglass.site/