j3m enjoyed the 90s and 00s by being equally traumatized by the Hometown Buffet Bee and the movie Funny Games, the latter of which vastly influenced their love of experimental storytelling. Books like Animorphs lifted them up alongside any opportunity to sneak into their cousin’s room to play Power Stone. They proudly grew up as a Lakers fan, but skipped the 3-peat because it seemed “too easy.” Most importantly, writing has been a deep passion of theirs since adolescence — their first story was a prehistoric envisioning of The Poseidon Adventure (remake, unfortunately). They are currently working on a novella connecting music, death, and parasocial relationships.