Current Issue

In this issue, we’ve collected different takes on ways of being haunted. Louise Bokkenheuser digs up the case file detailing her mother’s mysterious death. Alexey Yurenev seeks to transform distant history into something more visceral, based on his grandfather’s experiences in World War II. Adam O. Davis turns to a horror classic for a close reading of the current American zeitgeist. Alexander Brock sidewinds through an interview with ChatGPT about hauntology and phantoms of the future. Vik Muniz resurrects priceless relics using their own ashes. The fiction unfolds with plots laced with the inextricable specters of loved ones, where fear hums underneath cherishing. The poetry channels the ancients, tunnels toward long-faded friendships, and uses language to frame the unspoken and unspeakable. Colin Dickey confronts his digital doppelgänger. And Traci Brimhall goes to meet the devil. With #VQRTrueStories by Louie Palu and Allison Wright.