Ames John Gigounas was born in Patras, Greece, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is based in Brooklyn and founded
The Brooklyner Group in 2011. New short work is forthcoming in the
2011 Press 53 Open Fiction Awards Anthology, judged by Stefanie Freele, and
Monkeybicycle. Ames received an Honorable Mention in the 2011 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. For more updates about his writing and other blathering, visit
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