Justin Allen is a writer of fiction, essays and screenplays, and is the Editorial and Design Director of The Creosote Journal. He lives in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood and grew up in the Sierra foothills. He studied creative writing at San Francisco State University, and has been published in The San Francisco Public Press, The Sacramento News & Review, Sussurrus, Transfer, Ashcan, Right Hand Pointing, and other publications. He has also published several chapbooks, most recently Satellite Memories, and has been a featured reader at Litquake, Why There Are Words, and the Peninsula Literary Series.