Benjamin Woodard is a writer and teacher living in Connecticut. He is editor in chief at Atlas and Alice Literary Magazine. His fiction has been anthologized in the 2019 and 2021 editions of Best Microfiction. His other fiction has appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, Cutleaf, Joyland, and others. His criticism has appeared in Publishers Weekly, Kenyon Review Online, On the Seawall, Electric Literature, and other venues.