Aiman Tariq is currently an MA/MFA candidate at McNeese State University. She hails from Peshawar, Pakistan and loves and misses her family spread across two continents. She is particularly interested in writing supernatural romance and likes to read about superstitions and world mysteries that help shape the world of her…
Read MoreLetter from the Editor Vallie Lynn Watson __________ On a Monday morning last May, I had my final interview with McNeese State University, and my afternoon and evening were restless; I wanted the job, very much. The restlessness was compounded by having skipped my usual morning routine of getting to…
Read MoreTaryn White is currently an MA candidate at McNeese State University. Her home is in Southwest Louisiana, but she loves to travel and attend concerts often. She is particularly interested in comparative literature, and her research often centers around hybridity, liminality, modernism, and magical realism.
Read MoreVallie Lynn Watson is an Assistant Professor of English/fiction writing in the MFA program at McNeese State University. Her novel, A River So Long, was published by Luminis Books in 2012, and her short stories and essays appear widely in literary journals such as PANK, decomP, and Gargoyle. Watson earned her doctorate in 2009 from…
Read MoreKarris Rae is a fiction MFA/MA candidate at McNeese State University. She’s a Rust Belt native who tells haunting stories in the gravelly voices of her neighbors and community. Her work has appeared in Metaphorosis Magazine, Reápparition Journal, and The Chamber Magazine, and will soon be featured in the NoSleep…
Read MoreThe Death of Harold Cassidy Colton Huelle __________ In the days following Harold Cassidy’s death, Joy’s Facebook feed was clogged with lengthy tributes to the late novelist and links to even lengthier blog posts about his contribution to American literature. Writers and critics of all stripes crawled out of the…
Read MoreSilhouette of a Girlhood Meghana Mysore __________ Lakshmi winced when she heard a thudding from upstairs. The kettle was on for chai, and its whistle grew from a tame whisper to a high-pitched scream. She turned off the kettle and ran upstairs to the bathroom where Mamatha took her showers.…
Read MoreMan on the Moon Christine Williams __________ Camille saw it as a good omen. The most outspoken of all friends who doubted your intentions with me, she changed her tune when I told her about your team’s bachata social last week, when you’d reached for my hand during performances, and…
Read MoreOlympians Kent Kosack __________ The kick becomes a glide in a graceful shuffle as Jon’s skis cruise along the cross-country trails carved into the ice-crusted snow of Lapland Lake, his body cruising with them, his thoughts and fears and hopes and memories cruising too, concurrent, behind, ahead, the same groomed…
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