STORIES
Indiana Review: "Wild Mushrooms," 2020
"The old woman who lives on the hill tells me she has a great craving for mushrooms. The hill her house sits on is so high that she used to stand on tiptoe and peer into heaven. Now her spine stoops, and she isn’t tall enough anymore."
"The old woman who lives on the hill tells me she has a great craving for mushrooms. The hill her house sits on is so high that she used to stand on tiptoe and peer into heaven. Now her spine stoops, and she isn’t tall enough anymore."
Post Road: "In the High Prairies," 2020
"The railroad tracks carry the smell of dead things warmed by the midday sun. In the high prairies of Montana, it’s been a cold March—but this morning a northwest wind swept in, bringing mild air that makes the ice on the trees crackle and sigh."
"The railroad tracks carry the smell of dead things warmed by the midday sun. In the high prairies of Montana, it’s been a cold March—but this morning a northwest wind swept in, bringing mild air that makes the ice on the trees crackle and sigh."
Wigleaf: "Fairy Tale Happy Hour," 2020
"A frog, a hedgehog, and a wolf walk into a bar."
Read my postcard to Wigleaf here.
"A frog, a hedgehog, and a wolf walk into a bar."
Read my postcard to Wigleaf here.
A Quiet Afternoon: "The Baker's Cat," 2020
"Karina dreamed of freshly baked limpa bread made with dark rye flour, flavoured with orange peel and caraway and anise. She dreamed of fluffy cardamom buns filled with whipped cream."
"Karina dreamed of freshly baked limpa bread made with dark rye flour, flavoured with orange peel and caraway and anise. She dreamed of fluffy cardamom buns filled with whipped cream."
Longleaf Review: "The Kudzu Eaters," 2020
"In the old days, we burned the bodies of fossils to keep warm. We loved roads so much, we drove them until we turned the rivers to oil and rock salt."
"In the old days, we burned the bodies of fossils to keep warm. We loved roads so much, we drove them until we turned the rivers to oil and rock salt."
Okay Donkey: "The Jackalope in Economy Class," 2020
"The jackalope fantasized that she and Nessie would hit it off. They probably had a lot of things in common besides being cryptids."
"The jackalope fantasized that she and Nessie would hit it off. They probably had a lot of things in common besides being cryptids."
Malasaña: "Wendy the Fire-Eater," 2020
"The carnival lights scattered rainbows in Wendy’s black hair, and her tattooed skin smelled like paraffin fuel."
"The carnival lights scattered rainbows in Wendy’s black hair, and her tattooed skin smelled like paraffin fuel."
Juked: "The Mimosa Tree," 2020
"The woman said, I wish I would have a child as dark as the night and as bright as the moon, and she was so weary that she lay down and fell asleep right there, her cheek pressed against the grass, her arms wrapped around herself as the moon and stars kept watch."
Jellyfish Review: "The Gospel According to Heather's LiveJournal," 2019
"And it came to pass in the year 1999, that there went out a decree from the National Retail Association that all the world should do their Christmas and Hanukkah and Kwanzaa shopping."
"And it came to pass in the year 1999, that there went out a decree from the National Retail Association that all the world should do their Christmas and Hanukkah and Kwanzaa shopping."
“And lo, my neon lamps will burn as bright as rubies. They will burn 24/7/365. I am the refuge of all exiles, welcoming you with doors that swing open at your touch.”
Fourteen Hills: "The Wonder Wheel," 2019
“Since his surgery, Dad remembered numbers, historical facts, the name of my prom date, where he and Mom went on vacation in 1979, but he couldn't remember anything that had happened in the last year.”
Fiction Southeast: "Carve This Flesh From Off My Bones," 2019
“Memory is all we have left—our crops withered, our goats long dead, the village surrounded by a desert like an open mouth.”
Soaring Penguin Press: "Heliox," published in the comics anthology Meanwhile vol. 9, 2018
"The bottom of the ocean is basically another galaxy. No one knows how big giant squids can get, or where whale sharks have their babies."
Hobart: "The Red Crown," 2015
“Once, all foxes were silver. The queen of the foxes had a coat that shone like the trees after an ice storm.”
ESSAYS
Michigan Quarterly Review: "Elegy for Fox Island," 2021
"I grew up in a land divided by endless rivers and streams. We were always crossing bridges."
Closet Cases: Queers On What We Wear: "Firecracker," Et Alia Press, 2020
"When I couldn’t disappear, I tried instead to sparkle as brightly as possible, to become so visible that my glamor and eccentricity were a shield."
The New York Times: "A Funeral for Two Birds," 2019
Listed as Notable in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
Listed as Notable in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
"The summer I turned 11, we buried two wild birds and we did not bury my great-grandmother. We did not bury my great-grandmother because she had donated her body to science."
Catapult: "A Heathen's Love Affair With Churches," 2019
“The first time I sneaked into a bell tower, I was fourteen years old.”
Hippocampus: "The Broken Bird," 2019
“On the day you kissed me for the first time, a sparrow ate from my hand in the green respite of Central Park.”
BUST: "How an Anti-Choice Clinic Bullied and Lied to Me," 2017
“The woman drew a sketch on a piece of paper that looked like a giant grapefruit spoon, and she claimed this was one of the instruments that an abortionist would use to cut the baby out of me.”
POEMS
Sycamore Review: "Baba Yaga Moves to Louisiana," 2021
"But these skulls, these human skulls,
I got them at Party City on sale at Halloween."
I got them at Party City on sale at Halloween."
PANK: "Two Women in the Underworld," 2020
"I hear they started a band called The Pomegranate Seeds
with Eurydice on drums and Persephone playing guitar
They are teaching Cerberus to howl in three-part harmony"
with Eurydice on drums and Persephone playing guitar
They are teaching Cerberus to howl in three-part harmony"
The Offing: "Seven Ways To Be Sick," 2019
"I am spinning on a carousel tied to the back of a wooden horse with its teeth maniacally bared.
I am falling through the heart of a dying star."
I am falling through the heart of a dying star."
HUMOR
The Belladonna: "20 Love Songs That Are Truly Terrifying Once You Know Their Original Title," 2019
"I Only Have Eyes For You (Sorry, I Was in a Rush and That's All I Could Get at the Morgue)"