I wrote about my annual narrative pleasures of 2019 at Ambling Along the Aqueduct. The Good Place, Russian Doll, and Bojack Horseman are great – check out what I had to say about them.
Monthly Archives: December 2019
“Your Face” Review at Locus Magazine
Karen Burnham reviews my short story “Your Face” at Locus Magazine. She says “It gets right to the emotional core” of the subject–great to hear! Read more here.
Rachel Swirsky 2019 Award Eligibility Post
Check out my three new short stories from this year!
“Oh! Abigail! Oh. It’s good—it’s so good to see you.
I feel like I could reach out and touch your face. Your face! It’s so good to see your face.”
In “Your Face”, a mother visits an artificial simulation of her dead daughter, trying to figure out how much of her is real. It was published in Clarkesworld Magazine in August, and is available in both audio and text format.
“You are floating. No, not floating—numb. No, not numb—nothing.
You don’t know who you are, or what’s going on, but you know for sure you don’t want to be talking to the man onscreen who says he’s your father. I wrote “Compassionate Simulation” with my friend P.H. Lee. It was published in Uncanny Magazine’s July/August issue. (CN: abuse)
“The problem with my dachshund is that he pees.
Constantly. Unrelentingly. On rugs and furniture and laps.
Global warming has taken its toll on Appalachia: a depressed economy, outbreaks of tropical fevers, and worse. Returning to her declining hometown, a college dropout has only one friend left–her dachshund. Who pees. A lot. “The Problem With My Dachshund” was published in the December 2019 issue of Guernica.
Check Out “The Problem with My Dachshund” on Guernica!
Opportunity to Support a Palestinian Library
“Duha is a nice girl who lives with her family in a small humble house near Ramallah. Duha has an amazing idea: she decided to restore an old house to make it a library and a place to sell books and other stationery.
She went to Palestine for Credit and Development (FATEN) to request a loan to help her to cover all restoration expenses to convert the old house into a library. Duha hopes that all the students and residents of the area will benefit from the library.“
Check it out at Kiva: https://www.kiva.org/lend/1893559