Well, the Fall 2014 issue is printed and is set to be published online this afternoon! Looking at this issue as a single collection of work, I feel it absolutely holds a torch to any we’ve produced before–as it should, based on our receiving more submissions than any previous year! This opinion is based nearly entirely …
Happy 2014! As managing editor, I’m proud to announce that today, starting at 12 PM (Central Time Zone), the Coe Review’s newest poetry issue will go online! Throughout the hour, the poems will be individually published on our blog, and you can find links to every poem on our Current Issue page. This year, we’ve also included …
With January 1st right around the corner, it seemed wrong to not post about our successful publication release earlier this month. The Coe Review took over the PUB on campus for our release. We had food catered by Sodexo, coffee galore, and a fair amount of students and staff who came out to see our newest issue. …
Welcome to the Coe Review online. We are a bi-annual magazine, publishing poetry in the fall and fiction in the spring. Started in 1971, the magazine is managed and edited by students from Coe College. These students sign up to be a part of the Coe Review, receiving credit and experience in putting together a …
The shrill creaking noise fluttered into Martin’s left ear like a lost honeybee searching for its hive. He sat up in his La-Z-Boy, his eyes half-closed, a stream of drool making slow drips onto his crinkled yellow golf shirt. He yawned, then woke himself up by pinching his love handles, which in the last few … Continue reading
Our father tells us the French word for peephole is judas. He bears down on us, angles his pinky toward his eye. The betrayer is the size of my pupil, he says. Sometimes smaller. We don’t reply. We let him drone on about the Bible, about respecting your father, staying out of his business. We … Continue reading
Chris didn’t even know what was going through his mind when he hit the ground. He knew that before he’d been struck, he’d been doing an awkwardly hunched shuffle-run, thinking about how miserable walking in the rain is as he switched his umbrella to his right hand in order to dig through his left pocket … Continue reading
It happened before, when I was in Morocco. I remember the scrambling from one half-hour or even quarter-hour of refuge to the next, in a café or on a public playground swing, until bedtime and, whether I had earned it or not, sleep. All animals have to sleep. It is nature’s first rule. … Continue reading
“Oh Lord, Miles, what happened? What happened?” Vicky clasped her son’s shoulders as she knelt to be level with him. Maroon-angry flesh ballooned from his left eye socket. The white of that eye bloomed carmine off the stem of a broken blood vessel. Miles’ expression was contorted. He made the face of keening, but … Continue reading
About Ghost Hunt: I was inspired by my favorite genre of media, horror. Horror movies tend to be hilarious, and any show about ghosts is bound to be entertaining. Characters Joseph Gray: narrator for a ghost hunting podcast “Freaky Tales for Freaky People” Mark Lawson: co-host of podcast Max (Maxine) Baker: paranormal investigator Timothy Baker: … Continue reading
This is a tragic story of Chicago street violence. Victor is 17 years old and has lost his older brother to a rival gang. He stands center stage as the curtains opens and gives a long monologue about how awful it is to live in the hood. He emphasizes “the hood” while pulling his hood … Continue reading
