Heath Gibson reads his short story "Rising Tide."

Heath Gibson is the author of young adult novels—Gigged (2010, Flux) and Burn (2012, Flux). His latest work, “Not Much of a Choice” appears in Deep South Magazine. Gibson holds an MFA from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. He splits time between Atlanta and Oldmeldrum, Scotland, and fills his life with all his little obsessions—teaching his daughter how to deliver a punchline, cycling, and trying to create soups that will make people believe in magic.