This time last year, after taking the helm as Fiction Editor, I wrote what I wanted to do, see, and accomplish with my year navigating The Blue Mesa Review. I was eager, excited, and ready to sail into uncharted literary… Continue Reading
Andrew Bourelle’s debut novel, Heavy Metal is fast and furious. A page-turner, winner of the 2016 Autumn House Fiction Prize, the prose clips like a teenager in a tee-shirt and jean jacket on a bitterly frozen school day, trudging across… Continue Reading
I had a dream last night. My soccer team––well, football, ‘cause we use our feet, and I’m in Spain––were playing in an international tournament in Tarragona. In the morning, much like Iceland, our team, the scrappy underdog, beat the favorite,… Continue Reading
When I first started reading for BMR, I was blown away by the vast quantity of submissions. The second mind-blowing realization was the vast quality. Then astonishment transformed into disappointment when I realized how few we could actually publish in… Continue Reading