Michael Wells Jr is a genre writer from the South Bronx. He holds a BS in Film & Television Production from the CUNY Baccalaureate Program (Brooklyn College), where he discovered his passion for storytelling could become a career. His character-driven stories highlight the nuance of intergenerational relationships and forgotten histories packaged as dark fantasy and sci-fi from a Black American perspective. As the first in his family to pursue a non-traditional career, Michael's love for fish-out-of-water stories is no surprise, as he himself is a fish-out-of-water, bringing fresh and diverse narratives to the forefront of genre fiction.