Obsessed with bodies of water and haunted by a chorus of mysterious ladies, the unnamed protagonist desperately searches for what is real and what is a dream. A deep and vivid exploration of the passageway between life and death, The Mayflies is a lyrical and haunting look at loneliness, isolation, and moving on. Sara Veglahn is the author of three chapbooks, from The Ladies (a novel excerpt (New Herring Press) Another Random Heart (Letter Machine) and Closed Histories (Noemi). She holds an MFA from University of Massachusetts–Amherst and a PhD from the University of Denver, and currently lives in Denver.