The Mayflies - Paperback

by Sara Veglahn (Author)

Obsessed with bodies of water and haunted by a chorus of mysterious ladies, the unnamed protagonist desperately searches for what is real and what is a dream. A deep and vivid exploration of the passageway between life and death, The Mayflies is a lyrical and haunting look at loneliness, isolation, and moving on.

Sara Veglahn is the author of two chapbooks, Another Random Heart (2009) and Closed Histories (2008). She holds an MFA from University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a PhD from the University of Denver, and has also taught creative writing at Regis University and Naropa University. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

Author Biography

Sara Veglahn is the author of the chapbooks The Ladies: an excerpt (New Herring Press, 2013), Another Random Heart (Letter Machine Editions, 2009) and Closed Histories (Noemi Press, 2008). Her work has been published in various journals, including Conjunctions, Web Conjunctions, Fence, 1913: A Journal of Forms, Fairy Tale Review, Octopus, Tarpaulin Sky, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from UMass-Amherst and a PhD from the University of Denver. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado.