Chelsie Bryant is an Ohio native living in Portland, Maine. Her work has been featured in The Los Angeles Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Passages North, The Carolina Quarterly, Willow Springs, Hobart, and in several other places. She is the recipient of the Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award and the Willow Springs Fiction Prize, among others. Recently, her story collection was long-listed for the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize. She can be found on Instagram @‌chelsie_bryant and @‌foundartmaine.

FICTION

Recuerdo, Ohio

By CHELSIE BRYANT

“She was a good person,” Toby said, as if he was trying to convince himself. He nuzzled his temple against my knee.