Lori Horvitz’s short stories, poetry, and personal essays have appeared in a variety of literary journals and anthologies including South Dakota Review, Southeast Review, The Monarch Review, Juked, Hotel Amerika, The Chariton Review and Quarter After Eight. She is an Associate Professor of Literature and Language at UNC Asheville.
Like me, Luke was eighteen. Like me, Luke played guitar. Like me, Luke wrote bad poetry. But unlike me, Luke was serving time in a correctional facility.
