Kelly Spitzer lives in the Pacific Northwest. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Binnacle, Redivider, Cream City Review, 3:AM Magazine, Cezanne's Carrot, flashquake, Vestal Review, NOÖ Journal, and other publications. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize nomination, and an editor with the flash fiction publication SmokeLong Quarterly. Visit her at her website.

She says: “Throughout my life, and especially during my adolescence, I've watched people close to me succumb to addiction. Too many people, often with shattering and far-reaching consequences. I've never written about my experiences or the effect addiction has had on me except through fiction. This bio statement is my first attempt. And maybe it will lead to further efforts… “Had a Dad,” the story you will find here, is also fiction, though it was stirred by trying to understand the circumstances leading up to the drug use of a particular person. It is strictly imaginative, however. The truth lies with him.”