CLAW MACHINE: An Anthology of Speculative and Dark Fiction
My story “Lucky Dragon” has been published in CLAW MACHINE by Little Key Press. I’ll be reading an excerpt from my story at the online reading on June 24th at 10:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm PT.
You can watch the reading on Vintage Book’s YouTube Live.
Check out their Instagram post here.
MORE INFORMATION ON THE CLAW MACHINE ANTHOLOGY (Click Image).
THE AMPHIBIAN LITERARY AND ARTS JOURNAL
“Furies Unlimited” to be published in The Amphibian, March 2025. Click here.
NONBINARY REVIEW #38: RITUALS. My second publication in NonBinary Review by Zoetic press is a short story called “The Messenger”. The publication is available to purchase. Click here.
A STORY AND TWO INTERVIEWS
OLD FRIENDS / My flash-length story “Seven Crows” was published in Issue #35: Old Friends by NonBinary Review. The publication is available to purchase, and they’ve included an interview with me. You can find the interview under my name towards the end of the author list. Click here.
BOLD JOURNEY / You can read my April interview with Bold Journey by clicking here. The central topic was resilience, stubbornness, and gratitude.
DRAGON MOON DREAMING
ONLINE READING: SEPTEMBER 26 AT 7:30 PM ET
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DRAGON MOON DREAMING is an online reading by Marianne Xenos and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. The event is offered as part of Gallery A3’s Art Forum series and its September exhibition titled PIECING, CONNECTING, RECALLING.
JUNE AND JULY PUBLICATIONS (2023)
Four new stories are out! Written with Pride, Typehouse Magazine, Other and Different, and Orion’s Belt published my stories in the last two months. Three of these stories are set in the world of my novel-in-progress, and I’m delighted with all the publications. See the publication page for links, and below is an image and link to Orion’s Belt.
WRITERS OF THE FUTURE / May and June Updates (2023)
You can receive a free audio version of my story “Moonlight and Funk.” Click the photo for the link.
Virtual Event
This week I’ll be a panelist discussing writing and the WOTF award with fellow winners Jason Palmatier and TJ Knight. You can find more information here.
The Award Arrived
In June my award arrived in the mail! Here is a picture of the award and its new perch on top of my book case.
May 2023. At the awards ceremony for Writers of the Future, my story “Moonlight and Funk” was one of the first prize winners. The highlight of my week was meeting April Solomon via Zoom. Here is her illustration of Aveen and Tann. The book is available via several booksellers, including Amazon.
FEBRUARY 2023 PUBLICATIONS
“A Thousand Ways to Go Home,” The Fantastic Other, February 2023. Issue #6 called “Mirrors in Winter” is available online. This story is about grief, dragons, otherness, and music.
My flash fiction story “In Boca al Lupo” has been published by Every Day Fiction. You can read it here.
MRS. DAEDALUS IN THE FUTURE FIRE
“Mrs. Daedalus” has been updated in The Future Fire. You can read it here.
THE LADIES FROM THE OUTSIDE
My story “The Ladies from the Outside” was published in Out of the Darkness by WolfSinger Publications. Here’s a link to their website.
WRITERS OF THE FUTURE
My story was awarded first place in the fourth quarter of 2022’s Writers of the Future contest. More news to come! Volume 39 will be published in Spring 2023. The link to their announcement is here.
ANGELS IN THE SQUARE
“Angels in the Square,” published in Not One of Us, October 2022.
This story takes place in Harvard Square, Cambridge in 1980s, and features the revered poet and storyteller Brother Blue (Dr. Hugh Morton Hill). Brother Blue and I met several times in Harvard Square, and I performed twice at his open story-telling mic at the Bookceller Cafe. Click here for their website.
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