William Cass has had over 280 short stories accepted for publication in a variety of literary magazines and anthologies such as december, Briar Cliff Review, and Zone 3. He has won writing contests at Terrain.org and The Examined Life Journal, been a nominee for both Best Small Fictions and Best of the Net anthologies, and has also received four Pushcart Prize nominations. His first short story collection, Something Like Hope & Other Stories, was published by Wising Up Press in 2020. He lives in San Diego, California.