J.E. Reich hails originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and recently completed her BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College. Forthcoming publications include stories in plain china, the nationally-recognized anthology of the best undergraduate writing, and in Underground Voices. Recent writing credits include short stories in Paradigm Journal, Blast Magazine, Zygote in my Coffee, the Emerson Review, and Frostwriting. Reich was nominated for a Pushcart Prize (results forthcoming), and an EVVY Award in "Outstanding Prose: Fiction" for her manuscript, “Days of Sound” and Other Stories. Reich is currently completing her MA in English Literature at Brooklyn College and working on her first novel.