I wrote “The Herons” after a day of walking and driving around the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and was lucky enough to have the poem picked up by Feral Journal of Poetry and Art for The Hunger Issue. I hope you like it.
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Hush Lit Magazine Issue 3
Two of my poems appear in Issue 3 of Hush Lit. It’s a beautiful poetry venue, and I’m glad to be a part of it. “Anthills” recalls how my first reading of One Hundred Years of Solitude at seventeen informed how I behaved about romantic love for the rest of my life. I think most people have a story about the first time they read that novel. It’s powerful. “Consent” is in honor of my daughters and the way they move in the world. The rising generation of women and girls take so little bullshit from men. I can’t read…
I Knew By The Tail
An online zine called Punk Noir Magazine was kind enough to run a fierce mermaid flash I wrote called “I Knew By The Tail.” Content warning: miscarriage.
The Ghosts of the Bees Weigh In on the Dishwasher Argument
I have a story up in the latest issue of Passengers Journal that was begun during my third residency last summer at Ashland MFA. My teacher Naomi J. Williams led us through a story prompt told in different points of view, and this little piece of domestic nightmare was born.
Queen of the Underground
You can catch my found footage story “Queen of the Underground” in the just released online zine Archive of the Odd Issue #1. This story is about a sociology student whose research into a local homeless community leads her to a portal to the faery underworld in the Sephora store at the mall, and to clues about her own origins. In other words, my obsession with faeries living in the mall has found an audience at last. You have to pay five bucks for Archive of the Odd Issue #1 online zine, but the entire project is so inventive and…
Grief (for J’uan)
I am honored to be included in Live Nude Poems with the poem I wrote for a beloved former student, one whose loss will break my heart forever.
Coffin Bell
Check out my short story Good Housekeeping in the latest issue of Coffin Bell. CW: Child abuse, sexual violence, drug addiction
Howling Mad Review Issue 1
I have a flash nonfiction piece up at the first issue of Howling Mad Review, a magazine run by two of my favorite people, fellow Ashland MFA writers Amy Zanarek and Jason Gaidis. Check it out here.
Brackish Vol. 4
New Brackish is ready, and just in time. Help yourself to gorgeous photography and words created and curated by the brilliant Evan Hartzell from Venice, California. You will be so glad you did. https://evanhartzell.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/brackish-vol-4.pdf

