Laura DiCarlo Short is a writer and homeschooling mom living in Georgetown, Texas. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Texas State University and her poems, stories, interviews, and essays have appeared most recently in The Knicknackery, The Literati Quarterly, Front Porch Journal, and Able Muse, among others. She has taught writing and literature at Texas State University, Alamo College, and Concordia University.