K.M. Hanslik is an Ohio based writer and poet who studied at Kent State University and formerly edited for Tornado Alley. Their work can be found (or is forthcoming) in Corvid Queen, 3Elements Literary Review, and Bleating Thing Magazine. In their spare time, K.M. enjoys hiking, fossil hunting, and drinking overpriced coffee.

I look for something that’s strangely unique from the first line: the piece immediately introduces a concept to me in an interesting or surprising way; it takes a perspective I haven’t considered before, or pays attention to a detail that may otherwise be easily overlooked. What keeps me reading is unshrouding the mystery: why did the writer choose to introduce the concept this way? Why is the detail important?