Fred Bubbers lives in western Maryland with his wife, Susan, where he teaches literature and writing. Fred received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the State University of New York at Albany in 1982 and his MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2019. His short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in such journals as The Oregon Literary Review, Ginosko Literary Journal, The Loch Raven Review, and The Stockholm Review of Literature. His prose chapbook, The RIF, was released in March 2020 by Blue Cubicle Press