• I’ve got a new story in Hobart: “Liars”

    I’ve got a new story in Hobart: “Liars”

    Today’s P’s and my wedding anniversary, which makes it kind of weird that my story about a woman grieving the death of her artist husband appears on Hobart’s website today. I am so very lucky to have my partner. I am so very sad for my character Evie. But she works through it, with the…

  • “The Orangery”–Beneath Ceaseless Skies (plus some photos of trees)

    “The Orangery”–Beneath Ceaseless Skies (plus some photos of trees)

    Today my very first novelette publication released online for free reading! “The Orangery” is available at Beneath Ceaseless Skies. This one comes from my fascination and repulsion with women-turning-into-trees narratives. I say fascination because I have always loved trees. For years I have taken photos of beautiful trees when I travel. In college I used…

  • “Everything Beneath You” in Beneath Ceaseless Skies

    Read it here: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/everything-beneath-you/ Based on a medley of myths, “Everything Beneath You” concerns a goddess, a dragon ship, and woman who wants it all. It’s my first publication in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and I am psyched to have work in one of my favorite magazines.

  • “The Siren” — Strange Horizons (April 2013)

    “The Siren” — Strange Horizons (April 2013)

    My short story “The Siren” appeared on Strange Horizons on April 15, 2013. First line: “When Jen came home from school, she found a woman in the pool in her backyard.” Inspiration: Inspired by the Bat for Lashes song, “Siren Song” (and *very* loosely on my own experience discovering my bisexuality as a teenager —…

  • Top 6 Mythology Retellings

    Today, my second professional short story publication is up on Strange Horizons: “The Siren,” available for free to read or listen to. “The Siren” is about a young woman struggling to cope with the loss of her father and forced to confront that loss, as well as her budding sexuality, when her mother brings home…