WHEREABOUTS: STEPPING OUT OF PLACE is an anthology of the best nonfiction stories from OUTSIDE IN LITERARY & TRAVEL MAGAZINE, an online journal founded in 2011. Editor Brandi Dawn Henderson presents 38 emerging and established global storytellers who share stories discussing what it means to enter a new place; the kinds of worlds that exist to others that we, ourselves, do not experience; and how place and/or circumstance can affect who and how we are. Whether it is the story of a dog musher's girlfriend, a heavy-metal-loving Marine, an Inner Mongolian lover, or a Mormon missionary living in a dangerous land, this anthology explores the question: Why does anyone take the first step to anywhere he or she doesn't belong?

BRANDI DAWN HENDERSON is a travelling writer on regular journeys that prove truths to be no strangers to fictions. She was a contributor to TIME OUT DEHLI, and her work has appeared in MASON'S ROAD LITERARY JOURNAL, JMWW, THREE QUARTER REVIEW, 20 SOMETHING, LOST LITERARY MAGAZINE, URBANITE, and DILLINET MAGAZINE. Henderson is the Editor-in-Chief of Outside in Literary & Travel Magazine, a journal which seeks to promote cross-cultural understandings through global storytelling, and also co-edits PROMPT & CIRCUMSTANCES, a resource dedicated to lighting creative fires. Visit her at www.brandidawnhenderson.com.