Summer Hammond
Summer Hammond is a writer of fiction and nonfiction whose work has appeared in many literary magazines. She contributed to From the Depths, Issue 18 (2020), published by Haunted Waters Press, with her story "Radiation." Her essay "A Little Slice of the Moon" was selected for The Best American Essays 2025. Hammond grew up in Iowa, was home-schooled after her family moved to the Ozarks of Missouri, and went on to earn an MFA after moving 1400 miles to pursue it, according to her Haunted Waters Press bio. She has also taught 9th grade Reading.