John Paul Jaramillo grew up in Southern Colorado and earned his MFA in creative writing (fiction) from Oregon State University. His first collection of composite stories The House of Order is now available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. His writing has also been featured in the Acentos Review, the Copper Nickel Review as well as in the Antique Children Arts Journal; in Fogged Clarity Arts Journal, InDigest Magazine and Verdad Magazine; Polyphony Online, Paraphilia Magazine, Sleet Magazine and forthcoming in Palabra Magazine.