In the Spring of 2019, my dear friend, Lisa, and I set out on an impromptu road trip with no set destination in mind, and an unspoken pact to fall down every rabbit hole we encountered. With my Sony a7R at my hip, I captured every surprising turn of the garden path including this surreal location. If you look closely, you can see five tabby cats stranded here at this abandoned gas station.
At the start of 2019, I was an unpublished poet with no clue how to submit my work for publication, but that would soon change. I began the work of submitting to literary journals, and with a lot of grit and perseverance, finally got one of my poems picked up, then another, then another… by the end of 2019 I had 5 poems published in four literary journals.
Finding journals to submit to is hella hard work. Much harder than the actual writing part. In my search of places to publish my work, I stumbled upon Rougarou Journal of Arts & Literature. As I looked through their beautifully curated journal, I remembered the photo I’d taken at the abandoned gas station and thought, “They would love it.”
