Terence Kuch is an information technology consultant, avid hiker, and world traveler. His publications and recent acceptances include Abacot Journal, Commonweal, Dust, Marginalia, New York magazine, North American Review, qarrtsiluni, Slow Trains, Sonar-4, Thema, and Timber Creek Review. He has studied at the Writers Center, Bethesda, Maryland, and participated in the Mid- American Review Summer Fiction Workshop.