Taylor Melia Elyse Mahone is a fiction writer from Central Florida and writes about the sublime, the supernatural, Floridian landscapes, relationships, & reptiles. She holds an MFA and an MA from McNeese State University. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Collidescope, Eckleburg, and Salamander Magazine, where her story “Summerland” was nominated for the 2025 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize.