Jim Garrett teaches English in an independent boys' school outside of Cleveland, Ohio, writes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, and has published poems and short stories and four poetry chapbooks: "At the Five-and-Dime, Lavallette, New Jersey" (Finishing Line Press, 2007), "Innkeepers of Shorelight" (Finishing Line Press, 2011), "The Sound of Water" (Finishing Line Press, 2018), and "The Cinder Path" (2024).