***Michael Bettendorf*** *(he/him) is a writer from the US Midwest. His short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming at* Drabblecast, Sley House Press, *and elsewhere. His debut experimental horror novel/gamebook* Trve Cvlt *was released by Tenebrous Press in September, 2024. Michael works in a high school library in Lincoln, NE - a place he believes is too strange to be a flyover state. Find him on* [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/BeardedBetts.bsky.social) *and* [www.michaelbettendorfwrites.com](http://www.michaelbettendorfwrites.com/).