Jen Rouse’s creative non-fiction piece entitled Ghost or Haunted is, just as the title would suggest, hauntingly beautiful. In just under 700 words, Rouse manages to transport her readers through time and space until even they don’t know what is real and what isn’t.

Ghost or Haunted pushes the limits of creative non-fiction by making the reader wonder what is truth and what is flawed memory--which in a way, is still a form of truth. This piece takes all of the complexities of creative non-fiction and rolls them up into one short, but so poignantly written piece that you are bound to feel compelled to read it over and over again.

— Zoe Musselman, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Online Architect / Producer