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September 1, 2023 By Claire Guyton

From the Editors | Issue #28

September 2023

From the Editors

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell the truth. —Oscar Wilde

profile of editors Cheryl Wilder, Suzanne Farrell Smith, and Claire Guyton walking down the North Carolina coastline with calm morning waters and a cloudy sky

During our first three seasons, Waterwheel Review existed as a new journal, our attempt to remove genre labels and supplement writing with all the other art we saw fit to print. With the first issue of Season 4, we recognize our longevity and endurance. Time is behind us and in front of us, our constant challenge, our steadfast friend. Season 4 opens with Deborah Adams in “My Bad,” proclaiming, “I can travel any when.” We happily doubt every word that we lap up as we ride a time wave. That wave sends us to a past/future meditation as Michael Waterson (re)introduces us to a laudable flop in “The Conqueror.” Finally, we land in the surreal “Please Advise,” Christine Aucoin’s telling take on what it means to spring from nothing, exist, and suddenly disappear.

—Claire, Suzanne, Cheryl 


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