Black River Orchard

<div>Melissa Ridley Elmes is an associate professor of English at Lindenwood University. The author of two poetry collections and multiple academic articles and creative works, she has contributed speculative prose and poetry to venues including Poetry South, Black Fox, Washington Square Review LLC, Star*Line, Dreams and Nightmares, and Penumbric.</div>

Melissa Ridley Elmes

Masculine Frailty and Ambition: On Chuck Wendig’s “Black River Orchard”

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — Frank Herbert

Melissa Ridley Elmes is an associate professor of English at Lindenwood University. The author of two poetry collections and multiple academic articles and creative works, she has contributed speculative prose and poetry to venues including Poetry South, Black Fox, Washington Square Review LLC, Star*Line, Dreams and Nightmares, and Penumbric.

Melissa Ridley Elmes

Articles

Masculine Frailty and Ambition: On Chuck Wendig’s “Black River Orchard”