Dear New York Publishers, Out here in the West, we continue to consume short stories set in New York, chronicling the melodrama of humanity against the all too familiar backdrop of skyscrapers, subways, and large bodies of water. Sure, New York is the quintessential...
Blue Mesa Review is proud to announce our nominees for Best of the Net: Nonfiction Ghosted Image of a Naked Girl By Anne Riesenberg —vibe By Marcos Gonsalez Poetry McDonald’s By Anders Carlson-Wee The Boat I’m Building You By Robin Cedar Fiction...
If you’ve read the past few blog posts (and you should!), you’ve heard a similar message from each of my fellow editors about what they hope to publish in the coming year: Steve, our EIC, wrote about finding new and interesting perspectives on the same set of stories...
The St. Vincent de Paul Society Thrift Shop in the heart of Albuquerque’s thrift district is a prototypical second-hand store, with long racks of used clothing, glass cases that encircle the cash registers, shelves of home goods and knick-knacks, furniture at the...
Recently, I have assumed the role of fiction editor of the Blue Mesa Review after being a grad reader for two semesters. Although I now have the final say when it comes to choosing which stories to publish, my responsibilities after the “promotion” haven’t changed...
