Ryan Masters is a writer and poet from Santa Cruz, CA. He spent a decade on staff at the Santa Cruz Sentinel and The Monterey County Weekly. His poetry and fiction work have appeared in publications such as The Iowa Review, Catamaran Literary Reader, The Portland Review, Variant Literature, Gargoyle Magazine, and Unlikely Stories. Above an Abyss: Two Novellas (Radial Books, 2018) is his first collection of fiction. He's a frequent contributor to The Surfer's Journal and former poet-in-residence for the City of Pacific Grove, CA. Read more at RyanMasters831.com.