Milena Nigam’s work is forthcoming in Off Assignment, and has appeared in Prime Number Magazine, YARN, Slice, Hippocampus Magazine, and elsewhere; her short story, “Switchbacks,” was nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Prize, and she was a fellow at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Milena lives in Pittsburgh and is a nonfiction editor at the online zine, Halfway Down the Stairs, and a reader at The Barcelona Review. She is currently seeking representation for a novel set in Vienna.