Tommy Cheis is a Chiricahua Apache guide, volunteer firefighter, and drummer/singer. After retiring as an operations officer in the U.S. intelligence community, during which time he traveled extensively through distant lands and met interesting people, he now lives in southeastern Arizona with his horses. His short stories appear in Another Chicago Magazine, Puerto del Sol, New Limestone Review, Collateral, and thirty-plus other publications. A 2x Pushcart nominee, he's received several awards, including the COL Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Award, and had work appear on the CLMP Reading List for Native American Month November 2024.