About
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SENIOR EDITORS
David Stevenson
Senior Editor
David Stevenson is the author of five previous books, including the fiction collection, Letters from Chamonix, winner the Banff Mountain Book Award (2014) and, most recently Points of Astonishment: Alpine Stories. Two essays have been noted in Best American Essays. He directed the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Alaska Anchorage from 2008 to 2022. His sixth book, a memoir-in-essays, Securing the Shadows, Notes from the Crossroads of Mountains, Loss, and Writing is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2026. He and his wife live on the central Oregon coast.
Tom Hazuka
Senior Editor
Tom Hazuka has published the novels The Road to the Island, In the City of the Disappeared and Last Chance for First, as well as seventy short stories, two books of nonfiction (both co-written with C.J. Jones), and a memoir, If You Turn to Look Back. Visible Human, a collection of his flash fiction, was published in 2025. He has edited or co-edited ten anthologies, including Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction Funny, Flash Nonfiction Funny, Sudden Flash Youth, A Celestial Omnibus, You Have Time for This and Flash Nonfiction Food. Tom is also a singer-songwriter; links to his writing and original songs can be found at tomhazuka.com. He taught fiction writing at Central Connecticut State University for many years.
Thomas Jeffrey Vasseur
Senior Editor
Thomas Jeffrey Vasseur is a native of Kentucky and graduated from Transylvania University, then earned his PhD from the University of Utah, where he was co-editor of Quarterly West. He has published work in Pleiades, New Mexico Humanities Review, Quarterly West, Other Voices, and Sudden Flash Youth: 65 Short Short Stories. Jeff has published two full-length books: Touch the Earth: An Aftermath of the Vietnam War and the short story collection Discovering the World: Thirteen Stories. His most recent work appears in Flash Nonfiction Funny and Journal of the Plague Years.
Managing Editor
Jennie Sant
Managing Editor

Jennie is Trailwalker books new Managing Editor with a background in Theatre Stage Management, bringing the precision, coordination, and creative problem-solving of the stage to the editorial world. With experience orchestrating complex productions and guiding creative teams, Jennie now applies that same focus to managing editorial workflows, shaping content strategy, and ensuring every piece is delivered on cue. She is passionate about storytelling in all its forms—whether on the page or under a spotlight.