Sam Simas (he/him) is a queer Luso-American writer and translator. His work has been published in New England Review, Southern Indiana Review, Copper Nickel, and other literary magazines. A PhD student in fiction at the University of Cincinnati, Simas is hard at work on a novel.
Visitation
Fall 2025
The Cinderblock Man
The man appeared as a vision — a cinderblock between his hands and a tail of dead hydrangeas scraping the dirt behind him. He lumbered uphill with dust rising from the ground […]