Dustin Pickering is the founder of Transcendent Zero Press and founding editor of Harbinger Asylum, . He is the author of several poetry collections, a novella, a fairy tale, many short stories, essays, critical reviews, and articles. He was placed as a finalist in Adelaide Literary Journal's short story contest in 2017 and honored by The Friends of Guido Gozzano in 2020. He is a former contributor to Huffington Post and is the Anchor at Literary Corner at New York Parrot. He lives in Houston, Texas.