Collected Works in Contemporary Art and Literature

Author: Garrett Bliss

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Garrett Bliss lives in Rhode Island and writes fairy tales, Gothic fiction, and essays. His stories include “The Peddler” in Gramarye, “Beneath This Tree” in Revenge, and “Shadows on a Christmas Morning” in Dead of Winter. His essay “Accumulations,” published in Tahoma Literary Review, received a notable mention in The Best American Essays 2021.

  • Beside the Stone Wall

    Beside the Stone Wall

    Every night, after turning out his light, the prince fed sheet after sheet of paper to the fire in his room. In the morning, he swept up what remained and, standing at his window, released the ashes of the impossible things he had drawn into the wind.