Vivian Chou is a science advocate by day and a sci fi/slipstream writer by night. Her work has appeared or forthcoming in Apex, Uncharted, and The Forge Literary Magazine. She has been nominated for The Best American Short Stories and mentioned in Reactor and Locus Magazine reviews. Though she prefers to fuel her writing with naps, exercise, and dystopian dread, she usually manages with black coffee and chocolate.