Rosalind Palermo Stevenson is the author of THE ABSENT (Rain Mountain Press, 2016), KAFKA AT RUDOLPH STEINER'S (2014, Rain Mountain Press) and INSECT DREAMS (2007, Rain Mountain Press). INSECT DREAMS has also been published in the anthologies: Poe's Children (Random House/Doubleday, edited by Peter Straub); and Trampoline (Small Beer Press, edited by Kelly Link). Her story "The Guest" has been included in Wild Dreams: The Best of Italian Americana (Fordham University Press), and her short fiction and prose poems appear in literary journals including: Web Conjunctions, Skidrow Penthouse, Drunken Boat, First Intensity, Spinning Jenny, Works (of fiction) In Progress (WIPs), Quick Fiction, White Crow, Literal Latte, River City, and Washington Square. Her work has received several Pushcart nominations. Rosalind lives in New York City.