Greg Sendi lives in and writes from the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago where, according to a recent headline, “only the weird survive.” Recently his poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in a wide range of literary publications. His 2020 short story “Two Not Touch” was shortlisted for the 2021 Driftwood Press Adrift short story competition. His 2022 poems “A Compass for Ariadne” and “Bottom” were selected as finalists for the 2023 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Contest.