James Brubaker lives in Oklahoma with his wife. His short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in venues including Zoetrope: All Story, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Normal School, Hayden's Ferry Review, Indiana Review, Web Conjunctions, Sundog Lit, Keyhole, and The Texas Review, among others. He is the author of two story collections, PILOT SEASON (sunnyoutside, 2014), and LINER NOTES (Subito Press, 2014).