Chess, Venice Beach

John Oliver Hodges’ short stories have appeared in Swink, StoryQuarterly, American Short Fiction, Cream City Review and about 50 other journals. His novella entitled War of the Crazies was released in 2011, and his debut collection of short stories (winner of 8th Tartt First Fiction Award) is forthcoming from Livingston Press. In 2010 he received an MFA degree from the University of Mississippi. He currently lives in New York City, and teaches writing at Montclair State University and the Gotham Writers’ Workshop.