Carl Bettis (he/him) is a writer and software engineer in Kansas City, Missouri. He co-founded the literary magazines The Same and Thorny Locust. His work has been published there and in other periodicals, including I-70 Review, The Pink Hydra,Chewers by Masticadores, Moonday Mag, and Bright Flash Literary Review. His work has also appeared in the anthologies Chance of a Ghost, Quick Shivers from the Midwest, In the Red: In the Black, and the 365 Days anthologies.