RUI: Reading Under the Influence

Because everyone needs a literary hangover


Ray Lumpp is a graduate of the Fiction Writing program at Columbia College Chicago. His work has appeared in the Story Week Reader, an annual flash-fiction journal featuring the best writers at Columbia College. A native of Alliance, Ohio, he now lives in Chicago's Logan Square. He's a bicycle commuter, enjoys vinyl, plays drums in a blues-rock trio, and creates music on his computer. He is currently working on a novel about friends and thinking about the future.