We paired Ronald's work up with Kindergarten by Thomas Kearnes in our Winter 2020 issue and it made us feel good, oh so good. Usually, we're happy about how our pieces turn out but really with this one the images and the words just came together so perfectly that despite all the COVID nonsense raging all over the world this combination let us hide our collective heads for a few wonderful moments. And who doesn't need that right now?

Winter last year was strange for everyone, that might be one of the reasons why Brett Biebel's story of self-discovery hit home with us here so hard or it just might have been because it is an amazing example of just what can be done with the flash form. Either way, Hook, Line, and Sinker is stellar and luckily for us we were able to get a touch of Brett's time and find out a little more about his process.

Naturally, you know how things got started. Brett, what is the first book you remember sitting down and reading by yourself?