Nicholas Claro holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Wichita State University. His stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and appear or are forthcoming in JMWW, Identity Theory, Reckon Review, Cleaver Magazine, Necessary Fiction, XRAY Lit Mag, Heavy Feather Review, Write or Die Magazine, and others. His debut collection of short fiction - This Is Where You Are - is forthcoming from Roadside Press the fall of 2025. He lives in Wichita, Kansas, where he teaches high school English.
“Whatever happened to telephone poles?” Daniel said, after Allison handed him another poster, which he palmed against a tree. She worried about this—attaching the MISSING posters to trees. She thought people would find it trashy or inconsiderate. Most likely both. She shrugged. “I guess satellites, or whatever, have mostly replaced them.” The day so far, an early morning in August,… Read more →