The little dog in the picture with me is Gobo. Yes, he was named after a fraggle. Please consider adopting a shelter pet. You never know who may be counting on becoming your new best friend.

Nicki Scalise lives in the foothills of northern Colorado with her husband, four dogs, and a chinchilla. With so many tail-wagging critters running wild, the house is generally in varied states of chaos. If ever the creatures give her a break, she spends her free time imagining new worlds, rewatching Firefly, or counting down the days until the next Comic Con.