Paul Van Sickle’s work has appeared in Coffin Bell Journal, Penumbra, Poor Yorick, Cagibi, New World Writing, and elsewhere. He is pursuing a Masters in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin. Paul studied fiction at Bennington College, and attended Tin House’s 2019 Summer Workshop as a short fiction writer. Prior to the pandemic, he was a milliner at the Metropolitan Opera and the editor of Merde: a zine documenting modern dance and performance art in New York City.