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.
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Trace Fossils Review’s 2025 Anthology highlights some of our favorite pieces from the magazine’s second volume of publications.
Purchase the anthology
Chris Jeanguenat
Abigail Ham
Madeleine Hollis
Rhett Milner
Matt Coonan
Grant Vecera
Fiona Jin
Anna Popnikolova
Guilherme Bergamini
Mary Amato
Fall
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…
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Fiona Jin | Poetry
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Matt Coonan | Poetry
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Madeleine Hollis | Fiction