Robert Swartwood was born in 1981. His work has appeared in such venues as Chizine, Space and Time, elimae, Wigleaf, Hobart, The Los Angeles Review, and PANK. He is the editor of Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer.

Can 140 characters on Twitter really tell a whole story? Author Robert Swartwood defends very, very short fiction and says it can be as powerful as a 3,000-word story.