Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito is an emerging Chinese American writer in Portland, Oregon. When she’s not spending time with her children in the outdoors, she’s crafting short stories in horror, sci-fi, fantasy, or whatever genre-bending she can get away with. Her stories have appeared in Nailed Magazine and HauntedMTL, and will be included in Eerie River Publishing and Black Hare Press’s upcoming anthologies. Her work was also recently featured in the Ooligan Press Writers of Color Showcase 2020 in Portland, Oregon.