Matthew Klane is cofounder of Flim Forum Press. He has an MA in Poetics from SUNY Buffalo and an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His books include Canyons (with James Belflower, Flimb Press, 2016), Che (Stockport Flats, 2013), and B (Stockport Flats 2008). An e-chapbook from Of the Day is online at Delete Press; an e-book My is online at Fence Digital; and a chapbook, Poetical Sketches, is available from The Magnificent Field. He lives and writes in Albany, NY.

James Belflower is Teaching Assistant Professor at Siena College. As an interdisciplinary poet and critic, his work investigates how language mingles us with matter. He is the coauthor of the multimedia project Canyons (Flimb Press 2016) with Matthew Klane; The Posture of Contour (Spring Gun Press, 2013); Commuter (Instance Press, 2009); and Bird Leaves the Cornice, winner of the 2011 Spring Gun Press Chapbook Prize. His work appears, or is forthcoming, in Postmodern Culture, Journal of Modern Literature, Diagram, and New Delta Review, among others.

"The Rescue of Hist" was originally published online in Pulpmouth #3 and is excerpted from Hist, forthcoming from Calamari Archive.