Tim Macy is an emerging author who wrote his first published work called "The Brass Teapot". He has also written plays and is currently finishing his MFA at the University of Kansas. The document provides character summaries for "The Brass Teapot" including that it's about a couple, Alice and John, who discover a magic teapot that generates money whenever they harm themselves, causing them to spiral into insanity as they become obsessed with the teapot's power.