In the grand tradition of underemployed artists, Eden Robins has been: a singing waitress, a dildo salesman, a dental assistant, an abortion clinic receptionist, and a Swahili teacher. Other recent stories can be found in Kaleidotrope and Apex, and she is a founding editor of the now-defunct Brain Harvest magazine. She blogs rarely and reluctantly at monkeythumbs.com.

Eden’s Shimmer stories:

• Ellie and Jim vs. Tony the Nose, Issue 20