Y’all, something AMAZING happened last week: the statue of John C. Calhoun in downtown Charleston, SC–where my husband is from, and where we lived from 2016 to 2018–was taken down, in recognition of its racist history. As my brother-in-law recently explained it online, “Calhoun was a pro-slavery White supremacist, who also had a career as a politician. He was the … Read More
Original Fiction: The Hunger from the Deep
I ducked into Hutson Alley, my heart pounding in my chest—not because of the caterwauling of fire trucks, though their sirens filled the city streets, and not because I feared the citizenry would soon run to riot, though they stood on the sidewalk in nervous knots, clutching their handheld devices. No, I ducked into the alley, my heart pounding in … Read More
The Story Behind the Story: To the Fire
Friends, I’ve been sitting on this one. Until I had the space to really talk about it–the first fiction I have written about having had cancer. The story is called “To the Fire,” and it’s featured in the current issue of High Desert Journal, alongside work from Rick Bass and Rachel Toor, two authors I admire. I also had the … Read More
Original Sci Fi: Earth Day Edition
“The world ended the way it always did (US dictator, WWIII), pretty much (clowns, Central Park), on a Tuesday.” That’s the beginning of my story “Strange Loop,” which was featured last week over at Daily Science Fiction. I wrote this little piece after I found myself lying awake at night due to the fact that The Man Who Sold the World … Read More
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