MATTHEW R. K. HAYNES is the author of the novels, Moving Towards Home and Friday. Recently, his writing has appeared in West Branch and The Normal School. He has been a finalist for the William Faulkner Award, Glimmer Train Short Short Story Award, and ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Award. Matthew was a Lambda Literary Fiction Fellow in 2017 and 2018 Lambda Literary Fiction Writer-in-Residence. His newly completed novel and linked short story collection are with his agent.