Daniel Ross Goodman is a writer, rabbi, and Ph.D. candidate at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and is studying English & Comparative Literature at Columbia University. A contributor to the Books & Arts section of The Weekly Standard, he has published in numerous academic and popular journals, magazines, and newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, Tablet, and the Harvard Divinity Bulletin. His short stories have appeared in The Cortland Review, aaduna, Bewildering Stories (“The End of Days,” winner of the 2015 Spitzer Prize and Mariner Award), Calliope, Aurora Wolf, The Sea Letter, cc&d magazine, aois21 annual, Aphelion, Short-Story(dot)me, Litro Magazine, and The Acentos Review.