Ryan Mattern

Ryan Mattern holds a BA in Creative Writing from CSUSB and MA in English from UC Davis. He is the recipient of the Felix Valdez Award for Short Fiction. His work has appeared in Crazyhorse, Ghost Town

A Song About Horses

Oct 25, 2019 1 min read Poetry

I was a rafter swallowed by a ceiling. I was a parking meter spilling out its coins. I took a number at the post office. I recited Al-Fatiha inside of Ar Rawdah. I

Two Chop Road

Jan 25, 2019 1 min read Poetry

The Great Glass Sea

Sep 24, 2015 1 min read Poetry

I found you in a basket of mallow skating across the great glass sea. You were Moses. You were any story. You grew to love stories and so I wrote. With each sentence