issue 63

These are harrowing times, and perhaps our Winter 2023 offering reflects that. Delete “perhaps.”

a school class in an unsuspected danger zone

an airline with zero tolerance for unruly passengers

a monstrous letter to a daughter

fatal collateral damage during the 1967 riot

all about me and my mom’s boyfriend

a modern-day Robin Hood who gives to the unhoused

the person who polices the boys’ restroom at school

a lyrical romance based on old song lyrics

dreaming about your dad before he was your father

a scene two weeks after a mastectomy

the intersection of a kitchen painter and Aristotle

what my brother told me about my wife

the triumphant ascension of the mud witch

webcam sex and a short chat with a man about to be married

getting out of the psychiatric hospital somewhat intact

an interview with a genre-bending, boundary-pushing author

a review of a book that includes beasts from dogs to werewolves

David Galef
Editor in chief
Vestal Review