Michael J. Seidlinger is the Filipino American author of Dreams of Being (Maudlin House, 2020), My Pet Serial Killer (Cinestate/Fangoria, 2018), Falter Kingdom (Unnamed Press, 2016), The Fun We’ve Had (Lazy Fascist Press, 2014), and several other books. He has written for Buzzfeed, Thrillist, and Publishers Weekly, among other places, and has led workshops at Catapult, Kettle Pond Writer’s Conference, and Sarah Lawrence. He is a co-founder and member of the arts collective, The Accomplices, and founder of the indie press, Civil Coping Mechanisms (CCM). He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he never sleeps and is forever searching for the next best cup of coffee.