…..As we approach the gate of her apartment complex, Sara slows her pace and turns to me, slips her fingertips from three layers of sleeve and pulls down her scarf. Her nose is cherry-red, her lips dry and cracked…
Noah Evan Wilson is a writer, musician, and educator in New York City.
His short stories have been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize, and have been published in Orca, Chautauqua, Electric Spec, Beyond Words, Third Street Review, and the anthology, Ten Ways the Animals Will Save Us, from Retreat West Books (2022). He received third place in the 2022 Dreamers Creative Writing Flash Fiction Contest, and second place in the 2021 Prime Number Magazine Flash Fiction Prize. His story, “The Fading” was also translated into Spanish and published in Elipses (2025). He currently sits on the editorial board for Beyond Words, and holds an MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University-Newark, where he teaches courses in creative writing and literature.
His 2017 single, Lost in Seoul, introduced his unique style of contemporary folk with contemplative lyrics and rich acoustic arrangements, in which he plays guitar, piano, banjo, lap-steel, bass, percussion, and harmonica. Since then, his musical credits include Desert Cities (2019), The View from the Ground - EP (2021), and Solo Piano, Vol. 1 and 2 (2023, 2024), Selling the Sky - EP (2025), and Those Who Keep the World Turning (2026), among others. Noah has also composed theatrical scores for productions at the Denver Center Theater Company, and teaches music with Play Music NYC and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
