Brandon Noel (He/Him) lives and works as a machinist in Warren, Ohio. He has two daughters, ages 11 and 5, whom he raises with their mother. Brandon facilitates The Makeshift Poets, an open local writers group that meets monthly at The Havana House in Niles, OH. His writing has appeared at Door-Is-A-Jar, Recenter Press, Ink & Nebula, and Jenny Lit Mag, and is forthcoming on Gordon Square Review.