Timothy Johnson is a writer and editor living outside Washington, D.C. His published writing includes the novels The Pillars of Dawn and Carrier as well as short fiction from Gamut, Haven Speculative, Deracine Magazine, Crystal Lake Publishing, and Inked in Gray Press. He earned an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University. He was editor-in-chief of phoebe journal, and in 2021, he was an Alan Cheuse Center Fellow and a Pushcart Award nominee for his story, "I Am Emergent." He is a member of the Horror Writers Association. Nothing frightens him more than the future, so he writes about it and hopes he is wrong.