Jess Simms is a non-binary freelance writer and fiction writer living in Pittsburgh, PA. They are the managing editor of After Happy Hour and a graduate of Chatham University's MFA program. Their short fiction has been nominated for the Best of the Net, and has been published in over a dozen journals and anthologies. They are currently seeking representation for their first novel, The Habitation, a science fiction work starring drug-running felines and conquest-driven saurians based loosely on the ancient alien theory.