“Do you think I could?” Therese asked simply, before she could debate whether she dared to ask. “What!” Richard smiled. “Fall in love with a girl? Of course not!” – Patricia Highsmith The first time I was published in a literary magazine was because of a sort of...
“The Kármán line is the international boundary between the Earth and space. Due to inconsistencies in the Earth’s atmosphere this border is approximate. It marks the end of national boundaries and the beginning of what is known as / free space” (The Kármán Line,...
It was a three-day drive to cross from Maryland to New Mexico. While making our way west, somewhere between my brother’s home in Texas and our final destination Albuquerque, Spotify suggested an audiobook called Diavola by Jennifer Thorne. I was hesitant. I don’t...
Dear Readers, Authors, Artists, and Community Members, We must first start by saying what an honor it is to be the newest Co-Editors-in-Chief in a long line of dedicated individuals who have all strived to help keep the literary arts community alive in Albuquerque....
All summer, I’ve been chewing on the question of what I hope to find in the fiction submissions for this fall’s issue of Blue Mesa Review. As the new fiction editor (so I’ve been told) I have the rare opportunity to craft a fiction section that reflects my...
It is winter. It is cold. It is freezing. You’ve left a bottle of water in the car, and as you throw yourself into the driver’s seat, grumpy and hassled, you notice it. The water inside is clear—still, like glass behind the plastic—and you pick it up, thinking to...
