A Harvest of Furies

Orrie and Emma’s family has been cursed for centuries, and as the siblings approach adulthood, the curse is starting to rear its head once again. Their father, Aggie, returns from war a stranger. His arrival shatters the fragile semblance of normality the family has cultivated in his absence. One by one, sordid secrets claw their way to the surface, exposing the rot underneath.

It’s not long before the deaths begin-and the voices in the walls grow louder.

This contemporary retelling of Aeschylus’s Oresteia, set in the American heartland, takes an unflinching look at how foreign war scars the intimate landscape of home-not just in the days of ancient Greek tragedy but in every time and place.

Hayden Casey (he/him) is a writer and musician who lives and teaches in Phoenix, AZ. He holds an MFA in Fiction from Arizona State University. His short story collection, Show Me Where the Hurt Is, is forthcoming from Split/Lip Press in spring 2025, and his novel, A Harvest of Furies, is forthcoming from Lanternfish Press in fall 2025. His short fiction has appeared in Witness, West Branch, Bat City Review, and elsewhere, and his long-form work has been longlisted for the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction and the Palette Chapbook prize for poetry. Find him at haydencasey.co.