Editorial Team
Nonfiction Editor: Maya Dally
Poetry Editor: Taylor Castelot
Fiction Editor: RJ Pugh
Fiction Editor: Remy Niland
Faculty Editors
Editor-in-Chief: Colin Foote Burch
Digital Content Coordinator: Alli Crandell
Copyeditor: Rose Pleasant
Poetry Editor: Erin Slaughter
Fiction Editor: Joshua Cross
Nonfiction Editor: Lane Osborne
Assistant Nonfiction Editor: Sara Sobota
Illustration by Sophia Sobczak
Editorial Team
Nonfiction Editor: Amy Singleton
Poetry Editor: Brittany Davis
Poetry Editor: Kathryn Feazel-Kwiatkowski
Fiction Editor: Patty Smith
Assistant Editor: Lilith Yurkin
Faculty Editors
Editor-in-Chief: Colin Foote Burch
Digital Content Coordinator: Alli Crandell
Copyeditor: Rose Pleasant
Poetry Editor: Amira Hanafi
Fiction Editor: Joshua Cross
Nonfiction Editor: Lane Osborne
Assistant Nonfiction Editor: Sara Sobota
S.C. Creative Sociology Writing Competition
Contest Organizer: Lisa Winters, PhD
Lead Editor: Joshua Cross, PhD
Judge: Amber Wheeler Bacon
Judge: Derrick Bracey
Judge: Todd Madigan
Judge: Ami Stearns
Photograph by Elizaveta Mitenkova
Editorial Team
Managing Editor: Gabby Parker
Nonfiction Editor: Emma Streberger
Assistant Nonfiction Editor: Cameron Parker
Assistant Nonfiction Editor: Jacob Long
Assistant Poetry Editor: Catie Zimmer
Assistant Poetry Editor: Brittany Davis
Assistant Fiction Editor: Lilith Yurkin
Assistant Fiction Editor: Sean Forte
Assistant Fiction Editor: Rakaia Geddes
Faculty Editors
Editor-in-Chief: Colin Foote Burch
Digital Content Coordinator: Alli Crandell
Copyeditor: Rose Pleasant
Poetry Editor: Amira Hanafi
Fiction Editor: Joshua Cross
Nonfiction Editor: Lane Osborne
Assistant Nonfiction Editor: Sara Sobota
Editorial Team
Managing Editor: Alyssa Conner
Assistant Managing Editor: Gabby Parker
Fiction Editor: Jeremiah Johnson
Assistant Fiction Editor: Nicole Conner
Nonfiction Co-Editor: Molly Johnson
Nonfiction Co-Editor: Colin Katchmar
Assistant Nonfiction Editor: Emma Streberger
Poetry Co-Editor: Selena Mendoza
Poetry Co-Editor: Andrew Hadaway
Assistant Poetry Editor: Charles Lesperance
Faculty Editors
Editor-in-Chief: Colin Foote Burch
Digital Content Coordinator: Alli Crandell
Copyeditor: Rose Pleasant
Fiction Editor: Joshua Cross
Nonfiction Editor: Lane Osborne
Editorial Team
Managing Editor: Veronica Good
Assistant Managing Editor: Sierra Windham
Copyeditor: Rose Pleasant
Assistant Fiction Editor: Alyssa Conner
Assistant Fiction Editor: Jeremiah Johnson
Nonfiction Editor: Victor Cocco
Assistant Nonfiction Editor: Molly Johnson
Assistant Nonfiction Editor: Colin Katchmar
Poetry Editor: Olivia Dimatteo
Assistant Poetry Editor: Selena Mendoza
Assistant Poetry Editor: Andrew Hadaway
Special Projects Editor: Hope Smith
Faculty Editors
Editor-in-Chief: Colin Foote Burch
Digital Content Coordinator: Alli Crandell
Fiction Editor: Jeremy Griffin
Nonfiction Editor: Lane Osborne
Editorial Team
Managing Editor: Madison Rahner
Assistant Managing Editor: Veronica Good
Copyeditor: Rose Pleasant
Design Editor: Lindsay Hickman
Fiction Editor: Rob Sperduto
Nonfiction Editor: Kayla Jessop
Assistant Nonfiction Editor: Victor Cocco
Poetry Editor: Brittany Atkinson
Assistant Poetry Editor: Olivia Dimatteo
Faculty Editors
Editor-in-Chief: Colin Foote Burch
Digital Content Coordinator: Alli Crandell
Fiction Editor: Jeremy Griffin
Nonfiction Editor: Lane Osborne
Editorial Team
Managing Editor: Madison Rahner
Copyeditor: Rose Pleasant
Assistant Copyeditor: Frank Sanford
Design Editor: Parag Desai
Assistant Design Editor: Lindsay Hickman
Fiction Editor: Justin Easler
Nonfiction Editor: Kayla Jessop
Assistant Nonfiction Editor: Victor Cocco
Poetry Editor: Brittany Atkinson
Assistant Poetry Editor: Olivia Dimatteo
Staffer: Ian John
Faculty Editors
Editor-in-Chief: Colin Foote Burch
Digital Content Coordinator: Alli Crandell
Nonfiction Editor: Lane Osborne
Fiction Editor: Jeremy Griffin
Editors – Jessica Lee Richardson, Sadie Shuck Hinkel, & Alisa Alice
Co-Managing Editors – Madison Rahner & Rob Sperduto
Copy Editor – Rose Pleasant
Design Editor – Parag Desai
Fiction Editors – Jeremy Griffin & Haleigh Woodlief
Nonfiction Editor – Colin Burch & Joujou Safa
Poetry Editor – Brittany Atkinson
Special Projects Manager – Kayla Jessop
Student Editorial Team
Managing Editors – Sadie Shuck Hinkel & Alisa Alice
Co-Managing Editor – Madison Rahner
Copy Editor – Rose Pleasant
Design Editor – Parag Desai
Fiction Editor – Haleigh Woodlief
Nonfiction Editor – Rob Sperduto
Poetry Editors – Brittany Atkinson & Alyssa Isaac
Special Projects Manager – Kayla Jessop
Faculty Editorial Team:
Digital Content Coordinator – Alli Crandell
Editor – Jessica Lee Richardson
Fiction Editor – Jeremy Griffin
Nonfiction Editor – Colin Burch
Poetry Editor – Hastings Hensel
Editor: Jessica Lee Richardson
Guest Editor: Joe Oestreich
Founding Editor: Dan Albergotti
Fiction Editor: Jeremy Griffin
Nonfiction Editor: Colin Burch
Poetry Editor: Hastings Hensel
Readers: Lydia Denoyer and Lauren Higgins
Managing Editor: Kimberly Holcombe
Co-Managing Editor: Maggie Fernandes
Associate Fiction Editor: Ronda Taylor
Associate Nonfiction Editor: Anne Gammon
Associate Poetry Editor: Lanessa Salvatore
Special Project Editors: Amanda Taylor and Chelsea Thomas
Art and Design Editor: Joujou Safa
Digital Content Coordinator: Alli Crandell
Home Page Photograph: Amy Jarvis
Editor: Cara Blue Adams
Founding Editor: Dan Albergotti
Fiction Editor: Jason Ockert
Nonfiction Editor: Joe Oestreich
Poetry Editor: Hastings Hensel
Poetry Readers: Caroline Cahill, Katie Prince
Editorial Interns: Jenifer Butler, Todd Fulmer, Jordan Serviss, Allison Tanner
Digital Content Coordinator: Alli Crandell
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Editor: Cara Blue Adams
Founding Editor: Dan Albergotti
Fiction Editor: Jason Ockert
Nonfiction Editor: Joe Oestreich
Poetry Editor: Hastings Hensel
Poetry Readers: Joe Bueter, Caroline Cahill
Editorial Assistants: Schuler Benson, Jenifer Butler, Todd Fulmer, Lindsey Holt, Laurie Jackson, Amy J. E. MacKenzie, J. Thomas Minton, Samantha Riley, Krystin Santos, Jordan Serviss, Allison Tanner, Sarah Waldowski, Paul Warner, David Weber
Digital Content Coordinator: Alli Crandell
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Editor: Dan Albergotti
Fiction Editor: Jason Ockert
Nonfiction Editor: Joe Oestreich
Associate Editor, Fiction and Nonfiction: Cara Blue Adams
Poetry Readers, Issue 12: Joe Bueter, Caroline Cahill, Hastings Hensel
Fiction Reader, Issue 12: Jason Bordt
Webmaster: Jeannie French
Waccamaw is published online twice a year, in the fall and spring, from Coastal Carolina University via the address www.waccamawjournal.com, featuring contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
All material included in each issue is copyrighted by Waccamaw on behalf of the individual authors, who retain all reprint rights to their work upon publication.
All Waccamaw banner covers are created from photographs of the Waccamaw River by Dan Albergotti.
Views expressed in Waccamaw, both in the creative work and in editorial comment, do not necessarily reflect the views of Coastal Carolina University, nor of its trustees, administration, faculty, staff, or students.
Waccamaw is a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses and is supported by the Department of English and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University, as well as by a grant from Fred Hicks III.
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