Ben Reese is an ex-reporter, an ex-editor for a famous dotcom, and currently doing time in advertising. He’s broken bones skateboarding, was born on Leap Day, and once caved to pressure to throw a goat-milking contest to a member of the US House of Representatives. Ben lives in Seattle with his wife, two sons, small dog, and a voracious tortoise named Claire. You can read his longer lottery story, LA LOTERÍA, in Issue 70 of redfez.net.