Dana Jean Rider is a writer, teacher, and editor from St. Paul, Minnesota. Her short fiction has appeared in X-R-A-Y, The Florida Review, Redivider, Sundog Lit, and elsewhere, and has been nominated for Best Small Fictions and the Pushcart Prize.

Dana holds an MFA from the University of Nevada, Reno, and is currently a student in the PhD program in creative writing and literature at the University of Cincinnati, where she also reads for The Cincinnati Review.

Find her on Instagram @danajeanspider.

Recent Publications

“Houseboat,” Chatterbox Literary (forthcoming).

“Let’s Talk About Desire,” X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine.

“The Murk,” The Florida Review , Issue 49.1. Print.

“Pledging Their Love to the Ground,” Redivider , Issue 22.2.

“Hiking Trip,” Sundog Lit , Issue 26.

“Thy Just Punishments,” Revolute, Volume 5.

“All Those Years Ago,” Exposition Review, Volume 9.