Vincent Guerra is the author of When Hollywood Comes to You (Four Way Books 2017). His recent work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Southern Review, Boston Review, Denver Quarterly, FIELD, Narrative, Washington Square, Crazyhorse, and Indiana Review, among other journals. He grew up in northern California and received his MFA from Washington University in St. Louis and his PhD from Florida State University. He currently resides in Boston.How to Console a Floating Person
When I thought about faking my own death, I thought about the Florida swamps and the glamour of crocodiles, like the cars that prowl Delmar every Friday night. I would abandon a car. I would walk back through the pulp pines that crowd the roadway. And that’s where my fantasy ended. I...
