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Chelsey Wright

Chelsey Wright is a poet and writer from Lacassine, LA. She is currently an MFA candidate at McNeese State University. Her poetry focuses on the Uncanny and the weird things in life. Her favorite genres are Southern Gothic, romance, and horror with some science fiction mixed in.

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Stephanie Smith

Stephanie is an MFA student who writes fairytale, whimsical, and horror inspired fiction. She is an avid digital artist who compliments her fiction with digital illustrations and graphic novels. She also has way too many novel ideas. She is a lover of French impressionist music, ballet, the color pink, and…

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Dusti RW Levy

Dusti RW Levy writes about love, longing, grief, and ghosts from the Louisiana prairie, where they also edit and publish delicate emissions, a poetry zine.

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Madeline Ricard

Madeline Ricard is a poet, journalist, native Alabamian, Jacksonville State University alum, McNeese State University Creative Writing MFA/MA candidate, and a firm believer that the cup is half empty. Madeline’s work can be found in Something Else, North Meridian Press, Epistle Literary, and White Wall Review.

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Joel Lima

Joel Lema is a writer from New Orleans, LA. He currently resides in Lake Charles where he is pursuing his MFA in fiction from McNeese State University. He loves writing about vampires and taking long walks on the beach under the moonlight.

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Kathryn Winter

Kathryn Winter is a current MFA Fiction candidate at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She holds a BA in Journalism from The University of Mississippi, where her work was published in various magazines and newspapers.

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Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor Vallie Lynn Watson __________ My 25th year of teaching corresponds with all kinds of cool changes for Boudin. We have a new managing editor, Tyler Campbell, who’s created Boudin’s first speculative issue, and it’s beautifully mind-bending. We’re morphing from a near-monthly publication schedule to publishing every…

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Letter from the Guest Editor

Letter from the Guest Editor Tyler Campbell __________ I grew up obsessed with speculative fiction. From the worlds of Tolkien, Martin, Hobb and others, I learned more about difference and a wider world than I ever could from the reality of living in small town Alabama. These stories captivated me,…

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Speakeasy

Speakeasy Kaleb Mantela __________ Half past nine, the sun has already set on the gridded streets of downtown San Diego. The ASABakery is nestled within one of those five over one gentrification style complexes. On the othercorner, a derelict parking lot, and the tents of a few drug addicts. Adjacent…

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Flowers from a Stranger

Flowers from a Stranger Leslie Lisbona __________ Decades before my father died, I would drive my Honda Civic and cry over his future death.  This happened only on routes I knew by heart. Terrible scenarios would push aside other thoughts, all with the same tragic ending.  Before I realized what…

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