LUCY REES

WRITER

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lucy is a writer living in Chicago. her work appears in Gordon Square Review, HAD, Flash Fiction Magazine, and The Chicago Review of Books. she is on the Associate Board of StoryStudio Chicago. she has written a novel called LIKE WE NEVER LEFT and is working on a new novel.

she drinks too many matcha lattes a day and can’t go to bed without checking that the oven is off. please get in touch!

Writing

“Mama Made The Rain”, Gordon Square Review, May 2026

“Ask, Advice, Anything!”, Flash Fiction Magazine, February 2025

“Proof of Life”, HAD, December 2024

Fiction 
book reviews

The Darkness of Fairy Tale in “The Children”, Chicago Review of Books, forthcoming

There is No Keeping Score in “Some Bright Nowhere”, Chicago Review of Books

Rewriting Your Story in “Run for the Hills”, Chicago Review of Books

Coloring Outside the Lines in “Hot Air”, Chicago Review of Books

Literary Honors

Shortlist, Anton Chekov Award for Flash Fiction, LitMag

Semi Finalist, Halifax Ranch Short Fiction Prize, Judged by Daniel Mason, American Short Fiction