Letter from the Editor
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Dear Readers,
I think I can say, without hubris, that the editorial staff of Glassworks have outdone ourselves this year. As an editor since 2021, I have worked on several issues, and each is my favorite while it is at the front of my mind—until we start work on the next. Issue 29, however, may not be so easily supplanted by future issues. Once we fell in love with the cover, “Pilgrims of Apollo” by B.A. Kocsis, the themes for the issue emerged almost fully formed, like Athena from Zeus’s head. Zeke Shomler holds up a mirror to many of us in “Perhaps I Am Too Ambitious When Purchasing Fresh Vegetables,” while Jessica Bajorek reflects on all too common distortions in “Funhouse Mirrors.” Maia Cohen’s speculative short story “Allergic” and Tasia Celeste Bernie’s intimate narrative essay “How to Drink to the Wolf” examine some of the harder to talk about challenges of motherhood. From Taylor Franson-Thiel’s “Behold I, Even I, Am Bringing the Flood,” to R.T. Castleberry’s “Educating the War,” Issue 29 is saturated with allusions to ancient cultural stories and meditations on recent history. |
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Altogether, I find the artwork, poetry, short stories, and essays we’ve published in this issue compelling, thought-provoking, timely, and especially moving. The editorial staff and I are proud to bring you the Fall 2024 issue of Glassworks, and we hope it speaks to you too.
Cate Romano Managing Editor |
