
About
Matthew Fairchild lives in Southern California and is a graduate of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Chapman University. He is also one of the Founding Editors of Anastamos Interdisciplinary Journal. He loves space, both personal and outer, and hopes for a day when going to Mars can be more than a one-way trip.
Creative Writing
Fiction
“Back Home” | Flint Hills Review | Summer 2018
“The Funeral” | South 85 Journal | Summer 2018
“Waiting” | The Rush | Summer 2018
“The Control Group” | Split Rock Review | Fall 2017
- Nominated for Best of the Net
“Salvage” | Halfway down the Stairs | Fall 2017
“The Alanis Morissette Autographed Headshot” | Cardinal Sins | Fall 2016
Nonfiction
“The Theory of Everything” | Hawaii Pacific Review | Fall 2018
“Water on Mars” | Rivet | Winter 2017
Poetry
“To My Not-So-Close Friend” | Salt Hill Journal | Spring 2019
Review
“Book Review: The Short List of Certainties by Lois Roma-Deeley” | TAB: The Journal of Poetry and Poetics | Summer 2018
“Book Review: The Red Hijab by Bonnie Bolling” | TAB: The Journal of Poetry and Poetics | Spring 2018
“Play with Language: On Hannah Sanghee Park’s The Same Different” | The Library: Anastamos Interdisciplinary Journal | Summer 2017
Opinion
“Mass Effect Andromeda: Comparing and Analyzing the Changes to the Franchise” | Gameumentary | Summer 2017
Articles
“Hand in Hand” | May 2017
“Math Student Awarded Prestigious Language Scholarship” | May 2017
“Students Are Willing and Able To Help, Thanks To Emergency Training Course” | May 2017
“A Message From the Past” | April 2017
“It’s Tiki Time at Leatherby Libraries” | March 2017
“Tabula Poetica’s Newest Issue Makes Some Noise With Poetry — and Design” | February 2017
“Student Selected To Civic Learning Internship” | December 2016
“New Chapman University Journal Looks To Unite Graduate Students and Programs” | December 2016
“Character Reference” | November 2016
“What’s Next for the media? Find Out at Excellence in Journalism Conference” | November 2016
“Baking up a Career Plan” | October 2016
“Students Have Unforgettable Experiences on Summer Travel Courses” | October 2016
“Chapman Faculty Selected for Prestigious Paris Fellowship” | September 2016

Anastamos Interdisciplinary Journal
Anastamos is a modern interdisciplinary journal. Each issue focuses on a single topic with diverse perspectives on the human experience, weaving together creative, scientific, philosophical, historical, and social perspectives on common shifting themes.
Through innovative publication we aim to set a defining example for scholars and professionals crossing the boundaries of their fields. We challenge and advocate for the distribution of material nurturing cross-disciplinary dialogue and debate that is personal and curiously human.