J.S. Breukelaar is the author of the novels American Monster and the Aurealis-nominated Aletheia, as well as the forthcoming collection of short stories, Collision. You can also find her work in magazines such as Lightspeed, Gamut, Black Static, Unnerving and anthologised in Welcome to Dystopia, Women Writing the Weird among others. She has a PhD in Creative Writing, teaches literature at the University of Western Sydney, and is a columnist and instructor at Lit Reactor. You can also find her at The Living Suitcase and twitter.com/jsbreukelaar.