My story, A Shining Knight, is in the new issue of J Journal: New Writing on Justice. Thank you to editors Adam Berlin and Jeffrey Heiman for publishing it!
Norse Gods, Venice Beach in Joyland Retro Five
Happy to share that my Norse Gods, Venice Beach story was picked for inclusion in Retro Five: Selections from Joyland Magazine. Thank you, Joyland!
Velella, Velella in Matchbook Ad Stories
Matchbook has a very unique project where they publish stories as Google Ads. Mine is about Velella, or By-the-Wind Sailors. They’ve always fascinated me, not least because they look like blue upside-down hearts. Read Velella, Velella and the entire Volume 4 of Ad Stories.
Three Drops from a Cauldron and Bottle Pirates
A micro poem for micro pirates. Bottle Pirates is up at Three Drops from a Cauldron today, along with fellow pieces that play with myths, legends, folklore, fables, and fairy tales. Here’s Issue One. Enjoy!
Alice Ate Mushrooms with New South Journal
I have a new micro prose piece up at New South Journal today. Another retelling of the always retellable Alice in Wonderland. Before she went to space, Alice Ate Mushrooms. She collected asteroids from the belt, saved stars, spilled milk, spun dust, fished for stars, and jumped into tea.
A happy belated New Year’s. It’s the Year of the Monkey! Here is an amazing video of some very zen snow monkeys.
Ungnyeo, a 7×7 collaboration with artist Rachel Egan
I’m so excited to share Ungnyeo, the product of a wonderful 14-day collaboration I did back in July with Brooklyn-based artist Rachel Egan. Big thanks to editor Lisa Locascio for introducing me to Axel Wilhite, who co-founded 7×7 along with Amy Bonnaffons. Inspired by the surrealist game of exquisite corpses, 7×7 pairs together a writer and artist. Over a two week period, the participants take turns sending each other work to create an improvised narrative. With Rachel, we came up with what became Ungnyeo.
Not only was I given the opportunity to collaborate with another artist (something I always wanted to do but had no idea how to initiate), I got to play with and retell Korean mythology, specifically the Dangun creation myth that involves Ungnyeo, the bear that became a woman. In that story, there was a tiger that wanted and did not end up becoming human. I always wondered why a bear and tiger would desire to be human.
Check out the gorgeously designed 7×7 site. They post new collaborations every Thursday, and I’m really curious to see how this magazine will grow over time.
Pluto – Flash Fiction Podcast at Cast of Wonders
My flash fiction story, Pluto, is now available as a podcast at Cast of Wonders. It features a failed space trip to retrieve Poseidon’s triton, a stopover in Pluto, and the discovery of dinosaurs. This piece was originally published in Lightning Cake last year, and I’m really glad it found a second home here. M.K. Hobson performs the reading. The Cast of Wonders podcast, which focuses on YA speculative fiction, is edited by Marguerite Kenner.
Alice in Twitterlands
Some new Twitter fiction this week, mixing up Alice in five different wonderlands. Her adventures involve the Queen’s tarts, a dropped ball, borrowed shoes, her magic looking glass, and a house with edible eaves.
These stories were published in 7×20, a long-running Twitter fiction and poetry magazine that is currently edited by Julia Patt.
Superhero Poem in 2015 Dwarf Stars Anthology
I have a tiny superhero poem called Dragon Girl that will be included in this year’s Dwarf Stars Anthology. Thank you to whoever nominated my poem! The 2015 anthology was edited by John Amen and is published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. The table of contents is available here. This poem originally appeared in Ideomancer back in December.
Norse Gods, Venice Beach, and Joyland
Joyland published my short story, Norse Gods, Venice Beach. Post-Ragnarok, the gods prepare to meet at Idavoll. Hod is assigned to distribute the rings that will grant the gods passage. Her brothers–Hermod, Thor, Vidar, Vali, and Balder–start coming by her house in the Venice Canals to say hello.
This story was edited by Lisa Locascio, Joyland’s Los Angeles editor, who has a story herself that I really love called Barri Gotic, revolving around an English professor’s trip to Barcelona. Very funny, and very honest in its yearning.