Publications

Fiction

“E♭ Blues for the Quiet in the Trees” – Gone Lawn. Nominated for a Monarch Queer Literary Award.

“The Eeling” – The Rumpus.

“Only Willow” – trampset. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

“The Gleaming Room” – hex literary.

“Before the Night Goes Wrong” – Baffling Magazine. Issue 21.

“When the Creature Comes” – Cotton Xenomorph.

“How the Party Ended” – Sundog Lit. Issue 24. Nominated for Best of the Net.

“Raveling” – Barrelhouse. Issue 24 (print).

“A Special Kind of Machine” – Five South.

“Black Notebook No. 4″ and “If You’re Looking for Answers, Don’t Ask Me” – Bullshit Lit Anthology 2 (print).

“Playground Games (Double-Dutch)” – Orca, A Literary Journal. Issue 13, Spring/Summer 2023.

“Simple Gifts” – Lunch Ticket.

“The Rafters” – HAD.

“Werewolf Three Ways” – Parhelion Literary Magazine.

“Strained Relations” – Flash Flood.

Book Reviews

“Atoms and Embryos: On Susan Holcomb’s Wolfbaby” – SmokeLong Quarterly.

“Slant Panes of Light: Emilie Menzel’s The Girl Who Became a Rabbit” – The Rumpus.

“Poetry Review: Gina Thayer reads Jenny Irish’s Poetry Collection ‘Hatch’” – Heavy Feather Review.

“On Patterns of Orbit: Stories by Chloe N. Clark” – Tupelo Quarterly.

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