Corey Villas, born and raised in North Carolina, is a graduate of Auburn University. His work has appeared or is scheduled to appear in Poverty House, BULL Magazine, The Milk House, The Argyle Literary Magazine, The Muleskinner Journal, Down in the Dirt Magazine, The San Antonio Review, The Candid Review, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, The Piker Press, Books and Pieces Magazine, Academy of Heart and Mind, and Children, Churches, and Daddies. Corey is a proud husband and father of two.