Rory Doherty’s fiction and poetry has appeared in in Howth Castle, Side Show, ARTWIFE Magazine, ANTAE Journal, Bull, Northern New England Review, Firework Stories and Hemingway Shorts, Vol.10. (2025) In addition to being a writer, Rory is and has been many things: son, brother, student, athlete, soldier, bartender, lover, fighter, teacher, husband, father, business owner, pet lover, etc. Through all past lives and including this iteration, he feels mostly like a thief hoping not to get caught. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from Boston University and completed doctoral studies in Humanities (PhD ABD) from the University of Texas at Dallas.