Amy Barnes is the author of two flash collections: AMBROTYPES published by word west and “Mother Figures” published by ELJ, Editions. She has words at The Citron Review, JMWW Journal, Flash Frog, No Contact Mag, Leon Review, Complete Sentence, The Bureau Dispatch, Nurture Lit, X-R-A-Y Lit and many others. Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net, the Pushcart Prize, Best Microfiction, long-listed for Wigleaf50 in 2021 and 2022, and included in Best Small Fictions 2022. She’s a Fractured Lit Associate Editor, Gone Lawn co-editor, Ruby Lit assistant editor and reads for CRAFT, Taco Bell Quarterly, Retreat West, The MacGuffin, and Narratively.