Thomas Rions-Maehren, along with being a poetry reader at Wildscape. Literary Journal, is a bilingual poet, novelist, and educator who explores the dark places of human experience with humor, science, and (at times) tranquility and wisdom. His scientific research has been published in ACS Nano, and his Spanish-language prose can be found in his published short stories and in his novels En las Manos de Satanás (Ápeiron Ediciones, 2022) and Diabólica (Ápeiron Ediciones, 2025). More of his poetry in both languages can be found in his collection, Las Propiedades Medicinales del Veneno (Talón de Aquiles, 2026), and in a number of journals, such as Pensive, Tabula Rasa, Welter, Casapaís,and Iguales Revista, among many others. He is on Instagram: @MaehrenTom.