Ali Trotta is an award-nominated poet, a word-nerd, and an unapologetic coffee addict. Find her poetry in Uncanny, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s, Small Wonders, The Deadlands, Fireside, Cicada, Nightmare, Mermaids Monthly, and The Best of Uncanny Magazine. Her short fiction has appeared in Worlds of Possibilities. Website: alitrotta.com, Newsletter: buttondown.email/alwayscoffee, Bluesky: @alwayscoffee, and Instagram: @alwayscoffee7.