Cynthia Romanowski, Neighbor

Cynthia Romanowski holds an MFA in fiction from UCR’s low res program in Palm Desert. She is a former prose editor of The Coachella Review and a regular contributor to Lit Central OC. Her short stories have appeared in The Weekly Rumpus, The Nervous Breakdown, MARY: A Journal Of New Writing and The Whistling Fire. She has been a featured reader for Dirty Laundry Lit (a reading series sponsored by PEN/USA) and The New Short Fiction Series in Los Angeles and is co-producer of the reading series Tongue & Groove Orange County.

Her story “Santa Ana” was recently a Top 25 finalist in a Glimmer Train contest. She has been a reader for Dzanc publications, The Rattling Wall and has guest-edited The Whistling Fire. She is also a WriteGirl volunteer/mentor.

Currently, she lives Huntington Beach, California (where she is also from) and is at work on a collection of linked short stories. To follow her blog visit www.cynthiaromanowski.com or find her on Twitter @cynmrom .