Victor Ladis Schultz is the author of the novel The Book of the Jaguar, forthcoming from Fairwood Press in 2026. His short stories have been in various magazines, including McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Chicago Quarterly Review, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, and Chiricú: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures. He lives with his family in the Chicago area, where he serves as a Daily Editor at the Chicago Review of Books.