**JASON OCKERT *is the author of two story collections, Neighbors of Nothing and Rabbit Punches *, and his short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Oxford American, and McSweeney's, among other publications. He teaches creative writing at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, So...

**JASON OCKERT *is the author of two story collections, Neighbors of Nothing and Rabbit Punches *, and his short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Oxford American, and McSweeney's, among other publications. He teaches creative writing at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina