Written by: Zoe Yoo You had to have been living under a rock for the past decade if you haven’t heard of Stranger Things, the supernatural Netflix show that flipped the world Upside Down. Throughout its nearly ten-year runtime, the show has garnered hundreds of thousands of fans dedicated to the…
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Storytelling Through TTRPGs: A Review of Wonderlust
Written by: Kaitlin Anderson One of my favorite aspects of storytelling is the diverse forms it can take. Books, shows, movies, art, and video games are all mediums that have allowed me to connect with entertaining narratives. However, there is one method of story consumption that I have always struggled…
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Cameron Winter and the Vocal as a Dissonant Instrument
Written by: Liam Smith I recall the brief chuckle and well wishes from Elijah Polance, a friend and fellow editor at Long River Review, in response to my desire to analyze Cameron Winter’s vocal style. As a self-admitted superfan of Winter’s discography, I acknowledge the difficulty of capturing his magical and layered technique. On my first listen through his 2024 solo debut, Heavy Metal, I was equally fascinated and…
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IdentityTM
Written by: Tori Grooms Capitalist greed can be beautiful. My Smiski collection has grown year by year, and I can’t deny my thrill when a coveted clothing item finally lands in my mailbox. Yet beneath this enjoyment, I find myself questioning: Have our hobbies and interests become vehicles for consumerism, turning even personal expression into…
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My Favorite One Hundred Years of Solitude Characters
Written by: Elijah Polance Last summer, I sought to end a reading slump by returning to Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. On this second read, I found myself instantly enraptured by the stunning language and magical setting of Macondo, just as moved as when I first dove…
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Ms. McLean Says I’m Underwhelmed: Fallout Season 2 Review
Written by: Temisan Ekperigin WARNING: Spoilers for Fallout Season 1 and 2. And I haven’t played the games! To say I’m disappointed in the last episode of Fallout Season 2 would be the understatement of the decade. Before I dive in, let’s recap Season 1 of Fallout. The first season is set in a retro-futuristic society that is operating after a…
The Oil Burns at Both Ends
Written by: Jenna Ulizio Winner of the 2026 Aetna Prize for Creative Writing for Children & Young Adults The Oil Burns at Both Ends PROLOGUE: The party was classy, expensive, and the best networking of the year, and Carson already wanted to tear her skin off. They…
Are You Still Using This Device?
Written by: Jenna Ulizio Third Place Winner of the 2026 Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Short Fiction I was stuck in the paragraph break between Form and function of the Schistocerca gregaria in simulated winter and Subjects were exposed to the elements via refrigeration. I scanned over the words again and again, but…
Check Engine
Written by: Piper Kimball Second Place Winner of the 2026 Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Short Fiction The armistice had become routine, and so it came as a shock to Beth when the once-familiar, now-forgotten engine grinding began again. She felt, for a moment, blissfully sucked down time’s vortex, and…
Stars Made Anew
Written by: Joei D’aloia First Place Winner of the 2026 Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Short Fiction I. On Wednesdays, the uniform is drenched in soggy dough water. The water is full of soggy dough that no one else wants to clean. It must be because I’m new that I’m cleaning it….