“Gemini Burns pressed a fingertip into the soil around her bonsai tree to check its moisture levels. She got as close to the plant as she could, pretending to stand beneath it, imagining the staggering heights a tree used to be able to reach.”

F(r)iction, Issue 22, Winter 2024

“As a little girl she would beg to go to the zoo just so she could plant herself in front of the raptor enclosure. She could never seem to stare at them for long enough, their large eyes like smooth gemstones watching her closely and their scaly, prehistoric toes curled around their perches.”

Iron Horse Literary Review, 26.1, February 2024

“Everyone knew how jealous Hannah Martin had been of Ruthie Petrenko. It was hard not to be envious. Her slender fingers could stretch to a perfect twelfth interval. Even her name seemed like it had been designed by a calligrapher to bloom across the cover of a concert program as top billing.”

diet milk, October 2023

“My stomach clenched with dread. Were we really doing this? My fears dissipated with the first bite. Crispy char on the outside, fat melting in my mouth—it was the best thing I had ever tasted.”

Tales to Terrify, Episode 606, September 2023

“Your home is your sanctuary. Don’t let ants move in rent-free! At Boa Chemical, we care about solving everyday problems for everyday people…”

The Dread Machine, Issue 3.1, February 2023

“Why do you want this job?

What are your weaknesses?

If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out?

What was your most traumatic childhood experience?”

Unleash Press, On Work Anthology, February 2023

“The worst part about all of it though is how much I love painting people’s abstract selves. The colors spill across the page so naturally. I’m not worried about being taken seriously as an artist, or how the composition of a painting might be connected to some larger significance, or what a critic might think.”

Halfway Down the Stairs, March 2021

“I don’t believe in omens, or signs, or that things happen for a reason.

I do believe in luck.”

Waxwing, Issue XXXII, Winter 2024

“I learned from an early age that things are out of our control. Children die. People get sick. Fear comes for you when you least expect it. One way to confront that terror? Invite it in. Welcome it.”

Horror Writers Association, October 2023

“We often don’t recognize precious things until they are gone forever. If an enormous bird can glide unnoticed through the bayous for sixty years, what other secrets might our untouched landscapes be hiding?”

Belle Point Press, September 2022

“When I was twelve years old, my friend Tracy and I decided to sacrifice a worm to the devil. It made sense at the time—the way strange childhood intentions seem to do.”

The Hunger, Winter 2021

“Before language, before time, before light broke through the darkness, I swam. I made the reefs bloom and I named the creatures in the deep.”

Opus Comics, August 2022

“Your experiences are delicious.

You die. Perhaps it is painful. But you don’t have to think about that.

We drink from your consciousness.

You are the fruit of the Garden, and we cannot resist.

It is time for the harvest.”

Opus Comics, June 2021