Paul Luikart is the author of the short story collections Animal Heart (Hyperborea Publishing, 2016), Brief Instructions (Ghostbird Press, 2017), Metropolia (Ghostbird Press, 2021), The Museum of Heartache (Pski’s Porch Publishing, 2021), The Realm of the Dog (J. New Books, 2024), and Cult Life (Tenpenny Books, 2024.) He serves as an adjunct professor of fiction writing at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, GA. He and his family live in Chattanooga, TN.