Lisa VanderVeen

Guest Contributor

USA

Lisa VanderVeen is an award-winning travel writer whose recent work has been published in The Saturday Evening Post, HuffPost, River Teeth Journal, Business Insider, and New Jersey Monthly, among others. You can find her at www.lisavanderveenwrites.com.

Articles, essays, and other writing on Panorama byLisa VanderVeen can be accessed using the links below.

Meeting the Mistress

“Who is she?” I ask in a hesitant whisper, simultaneously dreading the answer and needing to know. Our bedroom is dark, though it’s only 7PM. The...

The Goat in the Stairwell

The commotion outside our apartment highlighted the quiet within. Unspoken words poked at the cracks in our marriage, picking them apart, unravelling their edges. They...

Firecrackers in the Desert

The night is black. I can’t read your features, but I know you’re scowling. We’ve been held captive behind your blockade for the past six...

The Healers

Ducking underneath a dehydrated llama fetus, I stepped into the shop. The table out front had beckoned, piles of earthy powders, amulets, and bowls of...