The Wishing Dock
Words By Katie J. Piper, Art By Koby Griggs
When I was a child, my grandfather accidentally lopped off half his left-hand index finger. It made him interesting. It made him special. From that moment, I couldn’t stop staring at his hand. I wanted to be like him. I wanted something about me that people could fixate on—something that would make me unique: otherworldly…
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Katie J. Piper
Katie J. Piper is from the Pacific Northwest, and she is constantly finding all the little ways this influences her writing. Her prose focuses on relationships, nature, growth, and development. Her personal themes include rapport, humor, and hard work. She has her Masters in English from the University of South Dakota where she worked on her creative thesis, Death on the Hill. Her journalism, reviews, and photography have been published in the University of Idaho’s The Argonaut, and a flash fiction piece in In Parentheses.
Koby Griggs
Koby Griggs is a freelance illustrator and background artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design and has worked in the animation industry as a Senior Background Artist for FX’s television series Archer. Whether it’s illustration or background art, Koby strives to create designs that not only aesthetically succeed, but also intrinsically serve a narrative with creativity, efficiency, and elegance.
