Molly Reid is the author of The Rapture Index: A Suburban Bestiary (BOA, 2019). Her stories have appeared in Ninth Letter, West Branch, Witness, Mid-American Review, Crazyhorse, and Gulf Coast, among others. She received her PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Cincinnati, and she currently teaches creative writing at Portland State University and for Eastern Oregon University’s low-res MFA program.