Red Rock Review

Current Issue:
Spring 2020
Issue Forty-Four

Fiction

J. T. Townley
Magic Carpet Ride
Alice Hatcher
Familiarity Breeds Forgiveness
Seth Taylor
A New Man
Garrett Ashley
My Grandfather Ran Off to the Woods

Jeremy Broyles
Amado Zuniga's Apocalypse Box

Poetry

Alyssa Beckitt
The Mojave on Operating Table #8
Cecil Morris
Consider This Melon
Roy Bentley
The Day The Chrysler Fell on Him

Adultery in a Time of Mass Shootings
Jeremy Gregersen
Sistine Notebooks: Suicide of Razis

Sistine Notebooks: Alexander Before the High Priest
Zebulon Huset
In a Box of Old Books
Chila Woychik
If You Think Grieving is Easy, You've Never Learned to Knit
John Davis
Tenses: Future

Present Verb Tense
Riam Griswold
Fossils
Susan Ayres
My Imagination, My Knocking Heart
John Hitchcock
Visitants
Frank De Canio
Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am!

About Us

Red Rock Review is a biannual literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers. Founded in 1996, Red Rock Review is housed and supported by The College of Southern Nevada. Publication of Red Rock Review is made possible by the School of Arts and Letters, the arts organizations of Nevada, and generosity of the community members of Las Vegas.

Editorial Staff

Editor-in-Chief: Jacob Elison
Associate Editor: John Ziebell
Fiction Editor: Julie MacDonald
Poetry Editor: Katelyn Joy Wilkinson
Managing Editor: Megan Padilla
Contributing Editors & Advisors: H. Lee Barnes, Laura McBride, Dafydd Wood, Erica Vital-Lazare, Patricia Charlton
Staff Editors: Jared J. Hawker, Todd Moffett, Christian Clark
Interns: D. Harrington, Lauren DiPentino
Business Manager: Carl-Jon Chun

Submission Guidelines

Red Rock Review accepts submissions of previously unpublished work in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from both established and emerging writers, from August 1st to April 30th. We seek strong voices with unique views, ambitious narratives, and thoughtfully crafted work that uses language in new and interesting ways. We look forward to reading your best work!

We only accept submissions online through Submittable. We do not accept submissions via email or post at this time. Specific guidelines for submitting fiction and poetry can be found here. In the event that we reach our Submittable cap for the month, submissions may close early. Please check back with us once the month resets!
We gladly accept simultaneous submissions. Please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere and withdraw your submission through the Submittable system. To withdraw individual poems, simply add a note identifying which piece is no longer available.
While we endeavor to respond to all submissions within six months, response times can be longer due to high submission volumes. Please wait until six months have passed before querying your work.
We ask for first North American serial rights and non-exclusive electronic rights for our website. Rights revert to the author upon publication.
Published authors are paid in the form of two contributor's copies. Additional copies of the journal may be purchased (details below).

Acknowledgements

Publication of Red Rock Review is made possible by the financial support given by our sponsoring school, College of Southern Nevada. In particular, we thank Vartouhi Asherian, Interim Dean of the School of Arts and Letters, Patricia Charlton, Campus Provost/ CSN Vice President Henderson Campus, and Mary Kaye Bailey, Vice President of Finance and Administration, for their efforts on our behalf.

Publication of Red Rock Review is also possible because of the generosity of the community members of Las Vegas and the arts organizations of Nevada. In accordance with the policies of the College of Southern Nevada, any content published by the Red Rock Review on its website and/or in publications online or in hard copy are the views of the contributing authors and are not endorsed by the Board of Regents, the System or a university, state college or community college within the System. Finally, our deepest appreciation to CSN President Dr. Federico Zaragoza for his support of Red Rock Review.

Purchasing

Current and back issues of Red Rock Review are available for purchase through the CSN PAC website. Current issues are $11.25, and back issues are $6.50. Inventory on older issues is very limited; if you're looking for a copy that is not listed for sale online, please email us directly regarding availability and we will happily get back to you.

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Current Issue:
Spring 2020
Issue Forty-Four

Fiction

J. T. Townley
Magic Carpet Ride
Alice Hatcher
Familiarity Breeds Forgiveness
Seth Taylor
A New Man
Garrett Ashley
My Grandfather Ran Off to the Woods

Jeremy Broyles
Amado Zuniga's Apocalypse Box

Poetry

Alyssa Beckitt
The Mojave on Operating Table #8
Cecil Morris
Consider This Melon
Roy Bentley
The Day The Chrysler Fell on Him

Adultery in a Time of Mass Shootings
Jeremy Gregersen
Sistine Notebooks: Suicide of Razis

Sistine Notebooks: Alexander Before the High Priest
Zebulon Huset
In a Box of Old Books
Chila Woychik
If You Think Grieving is Easy, You've Never Learned to Knit
John Davis
Tenses: Future

Present Verb Tense
Riam Griswold
Fossils
Susan Ayres
My Imagination, My Knocking Heart
John Hitchcock
Visitants
Frank De Canio
Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am!

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Current Issue: Spring 2020 Issue Forty-Four

Fiction

J. T. Townley Magic Carpet Ride Alice Hatcher Familiarity Breeds Forgiveness Seth Taylor A New Man Garrett Ashley My Grandfather Ran Off to the Woods

Jeremy Broyles Amado Zuniga's Apocalypse Box

Poetry

Alyssa Beckitt The Mojave on Operating Table #8 Cecil Morris Consider This Melon Roy Bentley The Day The Chrysler Fell on Him

Adultery in a Time of Mass Shootings Jeremy Gregersen Sistine Notebooks: Suicide of Razis

Sistine Notebooks: Alexander Before the High Priest Zebulon Huset In a Box of Old Books Chila Woychik If You Think Grieving is Easy, You've Never Learned to Knit John Davis Tenses: Future

Present Verb Tense Riam Griswold Fossils Susan Ayres My Imagination, My Knocking Heart John Hitchcock Visitants Frank De Canio Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am!

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Current Issue:
Spring 2020
Issue Forty-Four

J. T. Townley
Magic Carpet Ride
Alice Hatcher
Familiarity Breeds Forgiveness
Seth Taylor
A New Man
Garrett Ashley
My Grandfather Ran Off to the Woods

Jeremy Broyles
Amado Zuniga's Apocalypse Box

Alyssa Beckitt
The Mojave on Operating Table #8
Cecil Morris
Consider This Melon
Roy Bentley
The Day The Chrysler Fell on Him

Adultery in a Time of Mass Shootings
Jeremy Gregersen
Sistine Notebooks: Suicide of Razis

Sistine Notebooks: Alexander Before the High Priest
Zebulon Huset
In a Box of Old Books
Chila Woychik
If You Think Grieving is Easy, You've Never Learned to Knit
John Davis
Tenses: Future

Present Verb Tense
Riam Griswold
Fossils
Susan Ayres
My Imagination, My Knocking Heart
John Hitchcock
Visitants
Frank De Canio
Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am!