Joel Armstrong is a speculative fiction writer based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

His stories have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Artifice & Craft (ZNB), and other online magazines. His latest story is forthcoming from Grain Magazine. He also served as a judge for the Write Michigan Short Story Contest in 2022 and again in 2023.

By day, Joel is an editor at an indie book publisher. He shares a house and garden with his doulatog wife, their infant daughter, and two naughty cats, Gadget and Rigby.