X.C. Atkins is the author of Grace Street Alley & Other Stories. His work has appeared in Annalemma, Bull, Paper Darts, Prairie Schooner, the Akashic Books anthology Richmond Noir, and elsewhere. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and, in 2021, was selected for the inaugural Persimmon Creek Writers and Artists Residency. An alumnus of Virginia Commonwealth University, he lives in Los Angeles.