I measure time not in minutes or hours or days, but by the books I’ve written, the animals I’ve loved, the places I’ve lived. My clocks are filled with parchment and fur and earth, and they never need winding.

I see stories in the spaces where people once stood, glowing like an afterimage.

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J. Koyanagi is a writer specializing in speculative fiction. Born in Ohio, she moved to the South where she earned a degree from the University of Georgia in anthropology with a minor in religion. Although not the most lucrative fields, they nourished her insatiable curiosity about human nature.

After falling in love with the idea of living under the watchful eye of the Rocky Mountains, she settled down with her husband in Colorado, where she goes on nighttime walks and looks skyward. She has a dog, a gecko and an unreasonable love of books and sushi, preferably consumed at the same time.