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Maya Beck is a lapsed Muslim, recovering otaku, socially awkward blipster, and genre-confused writer. She is also a 2014 Givens Foundation alum, 2017 VONA Regional Workshop participant, and Paper Darts staff member whose work has been published by Redlands Review, Errata, Revolver, Mizna, the Twin Cities Daily Planet, NewHive, and Pollen. She currently works for an arts nonprofit in Minneapolis.