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Letter from the Guest Editor

Karris Rae

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I’m a fan of extremes and contradictions. When I pitched the concept for this issue last spring, both were at the heart of my vision. We spend so much of our lives waiting for each moment to pass, just to spend retirement counting the lost years. Something’s not right—something is disconnected in our modern lives. The reptile brain rolls up its pressed white sleeves and shakes the bars of its cage. What better illustration of modern life than barbarism unleashed in strongholds of soul-sucking sterility? What dark, liberating fantasies are nurtured by cubicle drones? What if The Belko Experiment was smarter??

That was the idea, anyway, and apparently I wasn’t the only one excited by the possibilities. At least, Lynn can’t claim to be surprised that I went straight to anarcho-corporatism after becoming managing editor. In this collection of poems, flash, and short stories, you’ll find blood sacrifices on expense reports, drugged bosses, and hawks in corner offices. I hope you find these stories as fascinating—and viscerally satisfying—as I do.

Thanks are owed, too, to Vallie Lynn Watson, for bringing me on board as managing editor; to Taryn White, whose tireless work makes this a better magazine; and to Meilyn Woods, who handles all our social media stuff. I’m so excited for the year to come!

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