Author: Derek Updegraff

Derek Updegraff is the author of the novel Whole (2024) and the fiction collections Pup! et cetera (2020) and The Butcher's Tale and Other Stories (2016). His short stories have appeared in The Carolina Quarterly, CutBank, North Dakota Quarterly, Notre Dame Review, The Saturday Evening Post, and other places. He is currently at work on his second novel and third fiction collection. Originally from Southern California, he is an Associate Professor of English at Anderson University in Upstate South Carolina.
SKATE GUARDx

SKATE GUARDx

Three laps in Callie’s cruising to the sounds of her thoughts since the bosses don’t allow earbuds while working. On Wednesday her therapist said, “Write your thoughts down, Callie. Write them down and reread them each week to see if you’re really dizzy bonkers, as you say.” And then she ... Read More
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