Fredric Koeppel has had poems, stories and novel excerpts published in New World Writing, Painted Bride Quarterly, Many Mountains Moving, Iowa Review, Kansas Quarterly, Blue Bird Word, Right Hand Pointing, Cakes and Grapes and other print and online journals. He lives in Memphis, and while his wife goes out to a real job every day, he writes, cooks and tries to manage a pack of rescued dogs. Koeppel writes the wine review website biggerthanyourhead.substack.com. He is a former college English teacher and newspaper journalist in the fields of arts and culture.