Cheryl Pearson is the author of two poetry collections (‘Oysterlight’, Pindrop Press, 2017, and ‘Menagerie’, The Emma Press, 2020). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in publications including Magma, Mslexia, New Welsh Review, and The Moth, and she has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her short fiction has been published in TSS, Longleaf Review, and Confingo among others, and she was shortlisted for the Costa Short Story Award in 2017.