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Space travel can mess up your digestion
In which I channel my character Esti Gusev — or at least I channeled something. I.e., sometimes the hazards of space travel can come right down to Earth. (A la Neil F. Comin’s book The Hazards of Space Travel: A Tourist’s Guide). Continue reading
“Pushaway” published in the anthology Subversion
My story “Pushaway,” which tells the story of how my character Esti Gusev grew up in a toxic religious community on Mars, has now been published in the anthology Subversion: Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales of Challenging the Norm, edited by Bart Leib.
Itch — 2nd place winner in RAW short story contest
My story ‘Itch’ took 2nd place in Radical Arts for Women’s annual short story contest. You can read it here.
Shark (a story for Haiti)
“Shark” is an excerpt from the novel-in-progress Cold, posted online for free as part of Crossed Genres’ Post a Story for Haiti project. Please donate to Haiti earthquake relief.
Me, the killer
About “Mercy,” a piece I wrote in response to a theme on “you, the killer” for the Scheherazade Project. Imagining killing someone was hard enough on me that I hope never to be called upon to do it for real.
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Tagged collaboration, Kadu, Scheherazade Project, Yksin
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How to Find Your True Love: A Method
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Tagged humor, shaggy dog story, tall tale, tattoos, writing
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Now I REALLY feel like a writer again
The short story “Cold,” which originated with my writing for NaNoWriMo 2007, will be published in the November 2009 issued of Crossed Genres. It’s about two young women, Boleyn & Bai, on a planet in the late stages of terraformation.
Posted in Cold, Journal, NaNoWriMo, Short fiction
Tagged accepted for publication, Crossed Genres, NaNoWriMo 2007, science fiction, writing
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Goldilocks & the Three Bears: A Retelling
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Tagged bear, fairy tale, Flickr, Goldilocks, humor, identity theft
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Mercy
From Kadu’s point of view: what she lives with, having killed a man to effect her escape from her greatest enemy. This is a new writing based on an original narrative account written for a collaboration with a friend. Which, who knows, one day we may get back to.
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Tagged collaboration, Kadu, Scheherazade Project, Yksin
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