McCaid Paul is a Southern writer raised in the pines of rural Florida. He is the author of Dead River, Sweet Tea & Snap Peas, Mooch & Marlow, and others. His short works have been published in the Blackwater Review of Northwest Florida State College. When he’s not daydreaming about new stories, you can find him taking long hikes in the woods, fishing for hours at a time on the Choctawhatchee or drinking too much coffee and sweet tea.