REGAN PUCKETT
Writer from the Ozarks working on her debut novel and distracting herself with tiny stories about ghosts, space, and other looming things.
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Regan’s writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Story and recognized in the Best Microfiction anthology and on the Wigleaf longlist. Her stories have won or been honored in several writing competitions and can be found in Catapult, Ninth Letter, Fractured Literary, and more.
SELECTED WORKS
Featured Works
A Chronology of the Alternate Ways I Wish I’d Lost You
“You pass old and peaceful in your sleep, such a dull way to die that it would kill you again if you knew. Your funeral overflows with unfamiliar faces, and each stares at me like I’m the ghost. You lived without loneliness, never doubted you were loved. We give slam poems instead of speeches. We throw novelty keychains into your grave instead of carnations. You leave your fortune to me in the will: a rare book collection, a custom perfume that smells like moths and mulberries, and a top hat too big for my head. I wear it anyway.”
Ninth Letter
“In this town, there are five thousand ghosts, and they all wear your face. For years, you’ve shed them like outgrown sweaters, some frayed, moth-eaten, others that never quite fit. Most ghosts fall away cleanly, fully composed, and roam the town.”
— A Guide to Small Town Ghosts
Winner of the Fractured Literary Ghost Story Competition, Judged by Kevin Brockmeier
