Amanda Ellard is currently obtaining a MFA in prose writing and a MA in folklore and holds a background in Japanese studies. Her flash fiction "Sound of Too Late" was in Storyscape Literary Journal, short story "2170" in Anastamos literary journal, and novella "Sleeping on a Bench" across ebook platforms. She's also an artist working with various mediums from acyrlics and watercolor to Polychromos and resin dolls.