Sam Stoeltje is a writer of fiction that plays with the constraints of genres, namely realism, fabulism, autofiction and theoryfiction. Having earned a doctorate in literature at Rice University, they are also a committed educator in the fields of Indigenous literature, U.S. literature, religious studies and decolonial theory. Their writing has appeared in Plantings, Hypocrite Reader, Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft, and elsewhere. They currently teach for the College in Prison (CiP) program through Herkimer College. A longtime musician, they provide vocals and electronics for turin.mass, an experimental metal project. They are secretly trying to break into YA.