Dr. Cedrick May<https://www.uta.edu/academics/faculty/profile?username=cmay>, Professor of English at UTA, published two short stories<https://blog.uta.edu/centerfortheory/2023/03/31/two-short-stories-by-cedrick-may/> this year. The first one, "The Fifth Stage of Grief," appeared in the January issue of the horror monthly, Dark Horses Magazine<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdarkhorsesmagazine.mystrikingly.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cdarditi%40uta.edu%7Cf40596af9f4049c2d47a08db32228a61%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C638158896157290338%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=IOSZ764X3pKS3xDVIiGefHSUl3f8lsXeSd99yj1SHag%3D&reserved=0>. The title signals the story's theme: A pair of strangers wrestle with ghosts from their past in an attempt to overcome the grief that haunts them. The other story, "Imposter Syndrome," appears in the online journal, Coffin Bell: a Journal of Dark Literature<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcoffinbell.com%2Fimposter-syndrome%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cdarditi%40uta.edu%7Cf40596af9f4049c2d47a08db32228a61%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C638158896157290338%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=a2KQIy4KlwLXxBpTCWpXTzlm7SKXSFM5MAxI4jAt8Ac%3D&reserved=0>. "Imposter Syndrome" is a Rod Serling-inspired fever dream of a tale about memory, dislocation, and identity.

Dr. David Arditi
Associate Professor of Sociology
Director of the Center for Theory
University of Texas at Arlington