Kirstyn Petras is a New York-based fiction writer but primarily identifies as caffeine in a human suit held together by hair spray and sheer force of will. She has been published in Punk Noir, Hoosier Noir, City Lights Theatre Company, Alien Buddha Press, and A Thin Slice of Anxiety. Her debut novel, The Next Witness, was released by Cinnabar Moth Publishing in May 2022. When not writing, she trains contortion and aerial hoop. She is also the co-host of Dark Waters, a literary podcast exploring all that is dark, dreary, and wonderfully twisted.