What does a vessel become when it has nothing to carry?
Sophie Hoss
SOPHIE HOSS loves the ocean and is in bed by 9 pm every night. She is a winner of the Pushcart Prize and is featured in the 2025 anthology. Her other fiction and poetry can be found in BOMB, The Baffler, The LA Review, Identity Theory, Wigleaf, and elsewhere. Also, she has a small dog named Elmo who likes to wear little sweaters. You can read more of her work at sophiehosswriting.com.

