Month: December 2024

I am so happy to announce that my short fiction story, “Reinventing Logan Roy,” has now been published in FRiGG Magazine for Issue 63: Fall/Winter 2024/25. I am very honored for this story to have found a place in this prestigious publication. My author’s notes are included at the end of this piece, and explain the personal connection that I have to the story, as well as the inspiration behind it. 

I submitted this piece to FRiGG first, but sent it to several publications later in the year. Before it was accepted by FRiGG, I received encouraging rejections from On the Premises and Black Fox Literary, and a form rejection from Potomac Review. I had also submitted the story to the “Joy of the Pen” literary competition, but withdrew it after the piece’s acceptance.

I hope that others enjoy this absurdist, heartfelt piece as much as I enjoyed writing it. It can be found here, along with the rest of the issue.

My flash fiction piece, “Fish Film,” has just been published in Issue 5 of The Mersey Review. I wrote this piece while I was abroad this summer, and drafted it again and again in order to make it publication-worthy. I aspire to publication for all of my work, but I especially wanted this piece published, as my sister enjoyed reading the original draft so much.

Publication Journey: This piece was submitted to nine different publications before it was accepted. It received several encouraging rejections (Fictive Dream, Ghost Parachute) and several form rejections (Wrong Turn Lit, Splashland Magazine, Flash Frog, The Journal of Compressed Arts). After receiving the ultimate acceptance, I withdrew it from consideration in Hobart and Passages North.

Issue 5 of TMR can be found here. Happy reading!

My short fiction story, “Pairings,” is now available in ExPat Press. I was inspired to write this after celebrating my mother’s birthday. It uses repetition and metaphor to create a rhythm throughout the story.

Publication Journey: I wrote and edited this piece in one morning, overcome with inspiration. I then submitted it to Spellbinder and Fahmidan Journal, but it was accepted by ExPat on the same day, and so I withdrew it.

The piece is available at this link. I hope that others enjoy!