Hunter Blackwell

I currently reside in Hampton, VA where I work in retail by day. My work has appeared in Rose Quartz Magazine. I am the recipient of the 2017 Newton-Blanchard Prize for Fiction at the College of William and Mary. I graduated with a Bachelor's in Psychology and a minor in Creative Writing from the College of William and Mary. When not writing poems in the break room, I do enjoy the latest Marvel movie.

New Mind

The room’s mostly dark. A bit of light filters in from the the window next to her head. The fan blows cool air over her. White noise makes her eyelids heavy. Clink. Clink. Clink, the sound of metal—hanging medals for things that don’t matter now— hitting the wall. Two to three seconds of silence between each tap. The ceiling swirls. She blinks, an attempt to reorient herself, but it continues around in her eyes.

Issue 25, May 2019

Hunter Blackwell

I currently reside in Hampton, VA where I work in retail by day. My work has appeared in Rose Quartz Magazine. I am the recipient of the 2017 Newton-Blanchard Prize for Fiction at the College of William and Mary. I graduated with a Bachelor's in Psychology and a minor in Creative Writing from the College of William and Mary. When not writing poems in the break room, I do enjoy the latest Marvel movie.

New Mind

The room’s mostly dark. A bit of light filters in from the the window next to her head. The fan blows cool air over her. White noise makes her eyelids heavy. Clink. Clink. Clink, the sound of metal—hanging medals for things that don’t matter now— hitting the wall. Two to three seconds of silence between each tap. The ceiling swirls. She blinks, an attempt to reorient herself, but it continues around in her eyes.

Issue 25, May 2019

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