A TRANSCENDENT Excerpt: “Lisa Sees the Buffalo” by Samantha Pilecki

A party in her old house, room after room full of people, but all the guests were the same. All the guests were her ex-husband, Ed. Or, rather, variations of him: fat Ed, with a monocle and a Monopoly Man moustache, sitting and whooping it up on the couch: young Ed, like the pictures she’d…

Boxes and Buffalo by Samantha Pilecki

There was a time where I wasn’t writing anything, and it was a nightmare. I had written a 100K manuscript, ran it through critique groups, edited it heavily, and bled about three years into this inflated opus. Surprise, surprise, not a single agent was interested in it. I was crushed. I had just said goodbye…

Our TRANSCENDENT Authors: a Featured Interview with Samantha Pilecki

In our new author series, we’ll be offering a clairvoyant peek behind the veil of who and what makes up TRANSCENDENT. Here’s a glimpse at Samantha Pilecki and her story “Lisa Sees a Buffalo.” ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? Sylvia Plath’s short story “The Wishing Box.” Can you tell me a little bit…