Anthony Neil Smith is a novelist (Slow Bear, The Drummer, Yellow Medicine, Trooper Down, many more), short story writer (HAD, Bull, Cowboy Jamboree, Maudlin House, Bellevue Literary Review, Reckon Review, The Hooghly Review, many more), and professor (Southwest Minnesota State University). One of his pieces was chosen for Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023. He was previously an associate editor with Mississippi Review Web, and is now editor of Revolution John. He likes Mexican food, cheap wine, Italian exploitation flicks, and French noir.