Seth Wieck

Seth Wieck's stories, essays, and poetry can be read in Narrative Magazine, Ekstasis, Belle Point Press's Mid/South Anthology, and The Broad River Review where he won the Ron Rash Award in Fiction. He received an MFA at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, and lives in Amarillo with his wife and three children.

An Excerpt from “Under the Sun”

When he turned the corner toward the Lees’ he saw the brown pickup, wheels up, in the ditch. He ran. Just before he reached it he stumbled through a deep rut and fell into the weeds beside the truck. The driver’s side lay facing the ditch, and the soft dirt had been dug away. He crawled to the driver’s door.

“Maggie, you here?” The back window was busted out and tiny bits of glass sparkled in the dirt. A trail in the dirt and crushed wheat stalks led away from the truck, then doubled back toward the ditch. An imprint of Maggie’s body lay in the dried crust of dirt, and blood, then dragging footsteps away from the wreck. He ran along the road, passing her shirt drenched in blood, and came upon her lying in the ditch in her bra and shorts.

Originally published in Narrative Magazine.

Read more of Seth’s work in Solum Journal Volume III.