Mary Vensel White is the author of Resonant Blue and Other Stories (forthcoming 2025), Things to See in Arizona, Starling, Bellflower, and The Qualities of Wood. Her short fiction has appeared in december magazine, The Madison Review, Catapult, The Rumpus, The Write Launch, Author Magazine, and other places. She is publisher at Type Eighteen Books.com, and owner/editor at Type Eighteen Editing and Book Services, and a professor of writing and English. She lives in southern California.