Tom Guldin is a speculative fiction poet living in the West Texas panhandle. His work can be seen or is forthcoming in parABnormal, Scifaikuest, Contemporary Haibun Online and the Whispers from Beyond, the 2024 Texas Bards, the Drabbun Anthology, the 2024 and 2025 Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows anthologies and the 2025-26 Stafford Challenge anthology. His first collection, A Collection of Ghost Poetry, was released in 2024; Beyond the Burnt-Orange Skies is his second solo collection. NOTE: Tom is the one on the left, the one on the right is Her Majesty Amber the First, his cat overlord.