Ariel M. Goldenthal is an assistant professor of English at George Mason University, where she previously received her MFA in creative writing. Her short story, "The Wendy" was included in the Grace in Darkness anthology, and her work has received an Honorable Mention from Glimmer Train. She attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the One Story Summer Writers' Conference, and was recently a writer-in-residence at the Vermont Studio Center.