Trace Fossil
/trās ˈfäsəl/
A fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal rather than the animal itself.
The art in wake of the artist.
Winter
Naomi Karina
Audra Elm
Hunter Fulp
Pia Oronce
Ophelia Baker
Charlotte Whitley
Ainsley Payne
Josie Meloeny
Sophia Mandrier
Cesar Ramirez-Pulido
Chloe Johnson
Aurelia O’Brien
Lila Hayes
Issue
2025
Anthology
Trace Fossils Review’s 2025 Anthology highlights some of our favorite pieces from the magazine’s second volume of publications.
Trace Fossils Review’s 2025 Anthology highlights some of our favorite pieces from the magazine’s second volume of publications.
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A Conversation With the Up & Coming
In July, Trace Fossils’ editor-in-chief, Jessie Leitzel, sat down with the 2025 Buzzcut interviewees, Ruby Varallo and Lillian Colette Hughes, to discuss their debut books…
A Conversation
With the Up & Coming
In July, Trace Fossils’ editor-in-chief, Jessie Leitzel, sat down with the 2025 Buzzcut interviewees, Ruby Varallo and Lillian Colette Hughes, to discuss their debut books…
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Through the River
Lila Hayes | Fiction
I Envy You, Marsh
Sophia Mandrier | Poetry
Friend of the Tide
Chloe Johnson | Fiction
Climate Change
Hunter Fulp | Poetry