Ashley Hermsmeier MFA ’15 Releases Debut Short Story Collection "Something Like the End"

Ashley Hermsmeier MFA ’15 released her debut short story collection, Something Like the End, published by Black Lawrence Press last month. Her short stories, essays, and flash fiction have appeared in journals such as phoebe, Michigan Quarterly Review, Flash Fiction Magazine, Streetlight, Front Porch, Weber and many others. She has won two previous fiction contests in 2015 and 2017, and is a Pushcart Prize nominee. She currently teaches English and writing in San Diego, Calif.