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.
2025
Anthology
Trace Fossils Review’s 2025 Anthology highlights some of our favorite pieces from the magazine’s second volume of publications.
Purchase the anthology
Trace Fossils Review’s 2025 Anthology highlights some of our favorite pieces from the magazine’s second volume of publications.
Purchase the anthology
Travis Stephens
Bethany Altschwager
Allison Noonan
Tereza Kleovoulou
Sambhavi Dwivedi
Alan Haider
Sreeja Naskar
Pam Clements
R.K.B
Caitlin Annette Johnson
Summer
2025
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…
Current Issue
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The Wet Ghost of Junipero Serra
Travis Stephens | Poetry
Church
R.K.B | Fiction
acts of god and other lies
Sreeja Naskar | Poetry
Two Fingers
Pam Clements | Nonfiction