Robert C. Clark is an Associate Professor of English at the College of Coastal Georgia. He earned a BA in English from Wheaton College (IL), MA degrees from Furman University (Secondary English Education) and the University of Georgia (English/Literary Theory), and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Georgia. Clark has published a book, American Literary Minimalism (U of Alabama P, 2014), and his articles have appeared in The Hemingway Review, American Literary Realism, JML: The Journal of Modern Literature, The South Atlantic Review, Amerikastudien / American Studies and Studies in the American Short Story. Additionally, he has a chapter on Raymond Carver’s “A Small, Good Thing” and “Cathedral” in The Handbook of the American Short Story (De Gruyter, 2022) and an article on Octavia E. Butler’s “Bloodchild” forthcoming in Science Fiction Studies. His current project is an exploration of the role of short narratives in memes, videogames, Transpacific anime, and other forms of visual media.