Ryan Shek

Ryan Shek is an MFA candidate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. A graduate of Western Michigan University, he's worked as a journalist, a factory hand, a farmer, a dishwasher, an editor, and now an educator. He's lived in the Midwest and Deep South and writes stories about Southwest Michigan.

Stories

Histories My Brothers Taught Me

You were hatched, like a bird. The yard is a Confederate graveyard. Peter ran away. Mom used to be tan, like a sunflower, like a stick of butter. Pregnancy frazzled…