Suzanne Heagy is a writer, teacher, and the fiction editor of Kestrel, the art and literary journal at Fairmont State University. Her first novel, Love Lets Us Down (2015), was recognized as a finalist in the 18th annual Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. Her short stories have appeared in The Anthology of Appalachian Literature, Schuylkill Valley Journal, and Pleiades, among others. Her story, “A Liberating Effect,” was nominated for Best of the Net 2017 by Schuylkill Valley Journal. Suzanne is a member of the women’s collective, The Gloria Sirens, and writes a monthly column for their blog at https://thegloriasirens.com/.
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You would think I’d be an expert at moving states. I’ve done it six times over the course of my life, but I forgot about Sesame Street logic. Not all moving experiences […]
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