Edgar Gomez is a Florida-born writer with roots in Nicaragua and Puerto Rico. His writing has been anthologized in Best Gay Stories and has appeared in POPSUGAR, Narratively, Longreads, The Rumpus, Ploughshares, and elsewhere online and in print. His memoir, High-Risk Homosexual, is forthcoming in fall 2021 from Soft Skull Press. He lives in Queens, where he is saving up for good lotion. Find him across social media @EdgarRubenGomez or visit his website at edgargomez.net.