Patty McCrystal is a fiction writer from Arvada, Colorado. She received her MFA in Fiction from the Mile High MFA program at Regis University. Her short story “Last Words” has recently been nominated for the Best of the Net award and anthology. Her short story “All Possible Exits” received a 2020 Pushcart Prize nomination, and won the Slippery Elm 2020 Prose Prize. Her work can be found on the stage on PBS and Head Room Sessions, and on the page in Atticus Review, JMWW Journal, Slippery Elm Literary Journal, Heavy Feather Review, South Broadway Ghost Society, Fellow Magazine, Birdy Magazine, and more.