Noel T. Cumberland earned his BFA in Creative Writing in June of 2020, a mere 30 years after completing high school. He likes long walks on the beach, and writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, or any genre that can be taken to absurd places. His work can be seen online at The Scarlet Leaf Review, and Flash Fiction Magazine. He spends his days helping US Service-members transition back to civilian life, and he gets a warm, fuzzy feeling every day he does it. He lives in the desert with his wife, two sons, a cat and a fish (UPDATE: scratch the fish, thank the cat). Noel once won a poetry contest sponsored by an orthodontist where the prize was five pounds of candy. There is no telling where his love of the absurd came from.