John Maurer is a 27-year-old writer from Pittsburgh that writes fiction, poetry, and everything in-between, but their work always strives to portray that what is true is beautiful. They have been previously published in Claudius Speaks, The Bitchin' Kitsch, Thought Catalog, and more than ninety others. @JohnPMaurer (a href="https://www.johnpmaurer.com/">johnpmaurer.com)