Patrick Crerand’s stories have appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Conjunctions, New Orleans Review, Ninth Letter, Indiana Review, Cimarron Review among others and have received special mention in The Best American Nonrequired Reading and Best American Fantasy anthologies. His nonfiction has appeared in the Tampa Bay Times, North American Review, New Ohio Review and other magazines. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at Saint Leo University in Florida, where he lives with his wife and three kids. He edits the on-line literary magazine, Lightning Key Review.