Sitting in traffic on 42, Madeline wanted a cigarette. Chloe sang haltingly to “Deceptacon,” her voice dropping in and out of the verses. “Wanna disco? Wanna se...
Rebecca van Laer is a writer and editor based in Kingston, NY. Her work appears in TriQuarterly, Salamander, Hobart, Electric Literature, Ploughshares, Jellyfish Review, and elsewhere. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Brown University and is the author of a chapbook, DON'T NOD (Long Day Press, 2019) and is currently working on her first novel. Find her online @rebecca_vanl or at www.rebeccavanlaer.com