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Mary Catherine Curley

Mary Catherine Curley has published short fiction in Blackbird, Sycamore Review, and Juked, among others. She earned an MFA from Hollins University and served as writer-in-residence with the Inner Loop in Washington, DC. She is currently at work on a novel, an excerpt of which was longlisted for the 2021 Masters Review Novel Excerpt Contest.

2023 Short Fiction Contest

Spring 2024

The Hunting Vest

By Mary Catherine Curley

Clara had never seen the office before sunrise. The computers hummed behind their dark, still screens. It was easier to see, that early, how old the building was—something about the […]