Ryan Habermeyerwon the BOA Short Fiction Prize for this collection The Science of Lost Futures (May, 2018). Heearned his MFA from the University of Massachusetts and is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Missouri. His work has appeared most recently in Cream City Review, Carolina Quarterly, Los Angeles Review, and Chattahoochee Review. He lives with his wife and children in Columbia, Missouri, where he teaches creative writing and is finishing his first novel.