Lauren Harkawik is a fiction writer, essayist, and journalist. Her work has been published in journals including New Reader Magazine, Short Édition, and Salt Hill. Harkawik holds a BFA in dramatic writing from Purchase College and is a 2024 recipient of an Artist Development Grant, supported by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment of the Arts. Harkawik is based in southern Vermont, where she lives with her husband and daughters. She's currently at work on a novel. You can read some of Lauren’s work on her website, www.laurenharkawik.com.
The sky was ink and the stars were pinholes: white light bursting through in a magnificent sparkle. Below, in a field, fireflies mingled with the light of a fil... Read more.