A.C. Koch is a teacher, writer and musician living in Denver, Colorado. His work has been published in F(r)iction, the Columbia Journal, Mississippi Review, and Exquisite Corpse. A story by him was recently awarded first place in the Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction at Philadelphia Stories. After spending about fifteen years living and working overseas (France, South Korea, Mexico), he has returned to Denver where he teaches linguistics at the University of Colorado and plays guitar in a power-pop trio, Firstimers.