Andrew Koss is a freelance writer based in Dallas/Fort Worth, specializing in creative nonfiction. He graduated from Santa Fe University of Art and Design in 2016, and received his MFA in creative writing from Kent State University in 2021. His BA senior thesis chap book, A Danger to Myself and Others, explores multiple aspects of mental health ranging from suicidal ideation to Alzheimer’s disease, and is available via Amazon. Koss is the author of more than 60 published articles for Santa Fe publications, including the Santa Fe Reporter, Jackalope Magazine, the Business Advocate, and the Fall 2017 and Summer 2018 issues of Tumbleweeds. He also served as an assistant editor for Jackalope Magazine and as part of the editorial team for the 2015 and 2016 editions of Glyph literary journal. He lives in Cleveland with his wife, Amaya, his children, Roscoe and Marceline, and their pets: Hawking, Copernicus, and Galileo.

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excess detritus dripping from clutched fistfuls,

he weaves found fragments into basket

forms, inadequate facsimiles of thoughts,

straining to breach an embryonic shell of recall while

the concept still gestates.