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Wes Byers

Wes Byers is a writer based in New Orleans, Louisiana. His work has appeared in Southern Review of Books, Pembroke Magazine, Reckon Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Fictive Dream and elsewhere. He is currently a PhD student at the University of Mississippi and has previously served on the fiction board at the New Orleans Review.   
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    The Ballad of Gloria Vetrana

    Some nights, when the feeling gets too strong, I have to get out of bed and walk out to the edge of the yard where I can see the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, their massive shapes like felled…

  • Wes Byers

    Sunday Scaries: “The Ballad of Gloria Vetrana”

    At first, the reports weren’t especially interesting: unconvincing testimonies of vague phenomena. Folks reported feeling nauseated and feverish. Tinnitus. Migraines. Some reported electrical disturbances, lights straining brown as the power waned.