A product of the independent school system (Winsor School, Massachusetts), Medb Mahony is a former legal writing instructor who now devotes her time to writing and volunteerism. Her poems have appeared in The Lyric, Aspect, and survivorsreview.org. She and her husband, Sam Sichko, have one son who graduated from the Roxbury Latin School (Massachusetts) and one daughter who is currently a senior at Phillips Andover Academy (Massachusetts). The story originally appeared at www.thewritershelper.com where it won the 2009 Amazing Story Fiction Contest.