Joseph Clayton Mills is an artist, writer, and musician who lives and works in Chicago. He is the author of the short-story collection Zyxt (Entr’acte 2010), and his translation of Vladimir Nabokov’s early crossword puzzles, Nabokrossvords, was published in 2012. An active participant in the improvised and experimental music community in Chicago, he has performed and collaborated with such notable musicians as Adam Sonderberg and Steven Hess (as a member of the band Haptic), Sylvain Chaveau, Tony Buck, MarkSolotroff, Fred Lonberg-Holm, and Olivia Block, among many others. His recordings have appeared on numerous labels, including Entr’acte, Bloodlust!, and FSS.