Rob Yates is a writer from Essex. He has appeared as a bookseller, a bartender, a youth worker, a casual gardener, an English tutor, and a volunteer for various projects both at home and abroad. Some of his fiction and poetry has been fortunate enough to make its way into various magazines and online journals, including Agenda, Bodega, Envoi, and SmokeLong Quarterly. He has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In recent years, Rob has been creating a website of experimental offcuts, which can be found at www.dreamdocksandstatic.net. He tries to keep the rest of his work under one roof via www.rob-yates.co.uk.