Virginia Watts is the author of poetry and stories found in Epiphany, CRAFT, The Florida Review, Reed Magazine, Pithead Chapel, Words & Whispers, Sky Island Journal among others. She has been nominated four times for a Pushcart Prize and four times for Best of the Net. Her debut short story collection, Echoes from The Hocker House, won third place in the 2024 Feathered Quill Book Awards. Please visit her at https://virginiawatts.com/