Short stories and novelettes:
- (UPCOMING!) “By the Works of Her Hands”, soon to be published in the Never Too Old to Save the World Anthology, edited by Alana Joli Abbott & Addie King, Outland Entertainment (Jan 2023)
- “Smile”, published in the Apex: World of Dinosaurs Anthology, edited by Alana Joli Abbott & Jonathan M. Thompson, Outland Entertainment (April 2021)
- “Dark Hunger Blue”, interactive story published by Sana Stories (June 2020)
- “Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Memphis Minnie Sing the Stumps Down Good“, published in FIYAH Magazine Issue 7: Music (July 2018)
- ON THE 2018 LOCUS RECOMMENDED READING LIST
- Reprinted in the May 2019 issue of APEX Magazine
- And it made it into the 2019 Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology, edited by Carmen Maria Machedo, series editor John Joseph Adams (October 2019)
- “One for Sorrow, Two for Joy“, published in Fireside Magazine (April 2018)
- “The Summation of EvilCorp Subsidies HR Meeting Agenda Minutes, Compiled by Olivia Washington” published as original fiction in PodCastle 384: Flash Fiction Extravaganza! Vintage PodCastle, read by M.K. Hobson. (October 2015)
- Also appearing as reprint at Fantastic Stories of the Imagination (Jan-Feb 2017)
- “21 Steps to Enlightenment (Minus 1)“, published by Strange Horizons, podcast narrated by Anaea Lay
- (won Third Place in the Strange Horizons Readers Poll 2014);
- Also appearing in PodCastle Episode 360, read by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali and Drabblecast B-Side #53, read by Christina Rivera. (April 2014)
- “Sun-Touched“, published by Kaleidotrope (March 2014)
- “Ebb and Flow”, , published by Daily Science Fiction (September 2013)
- Also appearing as a reprint in the People of Color Take Over Fantastic Stories Flash Anthology, edited by Nisi Shawl (2017)
- “There are No Wrong Answers” from the What Fates Impose anthology, edited by Nayad A. Monroe, published by Alliteration Ink (Goodreads) (Amazon) (October 2013)
- Also appearing in PodCastle Episode 505, read by Jen R Albert and Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali (January 2018)
- “With Breath Too Sweet” published in the anthology There Was a Crooked House, edited by Jessy Marie Roberts, published by Pill Hill Press. Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble as paperback or ebook. (June 2011)
- “Out of Such Desperation Are We Born”, published by Expanded Horizons (September 2010)
- “She’s All Light” published by Daybreak Magazine Named as a storySouth Million Writers Notable Short Story of 2010 (August 2010)
- “Future Perfect” published by Ideomancer and podcasted by Escape Pod, narrated by Dani Cutler (February 2010)
- “Lavender and Chamomile” published by Big Pulp Magazine (October 2009)
- “The Liberation of Roscoe White” published by The Town Drunk (February 2009)
- “Christmas Eve at the Petite Bouchette” published by Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k) (March 2008)
- “Crowntree” published by Ideomancer (March 2008)
- “Crimson” published by Tales from the Moonlight Path (February 2008)
- “Daughters of Sarah” published by Third Order Magazine (January 2008)
- “Light as Gossamer”, published by Mytholog (Autumn 2005)
Nonfiction:
(Ongoing) Book Reviews for Lightspeed Magazine
- (New!) “Metropolis Meets Afrofuturism: The Genius of Janelle Monáe”, essay published in Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Desirina Boskovich, published by Abrams Image (September 2019)
- “The Power of Anger, Acceptance, and Affirmation in Dirty Computer“, album review written for Apex Magazine (September 2018)
- “Feminism, Race, and Relationships in Nisi Shawl’s Filter House“, book review written for Tor.com (July 2018)
- Time’s Oldest Daughter by Susan W. Lyons, reviewed for The Cascadia Subduction Zone, Issue 7 No 3 (Fall 2017)
- “Learning to Turn Your Lips Sideways“, essay written for Uncanny Magazine Issue 16 (May/June 2017)
- “The Wiz LIVE! Wrap Up: Brand New Day“, blog post for Nerds of Color (December 2015). Also did a live tweet of the show for Nerds of Color.
- “The Danger of the False Narrative“, guest post on Jim C. Hines‘s blog and part of the Invisible 2 Anthology, also edited by Jim C. Hines (March 2015)
- “Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett“, a review written for Cascadia Subduction Zone Magazine, Vol 5 No 1 (January 2015)
- “Hatsune Miku Confuses David Letterman“, brief blog post written for Nerds of Color (October 2014)
- “Making Time to Write (When You’re Out of Time)“, guest post on Sarah Hans‘s blog (March 2014)
- “So I Knitted Myself a Totoro Hat” blog post written for Nerds of Color (January 2014)
- “Novel Evolution IGNITE (or how to endure Revision Hell)“, guest post on Bill Bodden‘s blog (January 2014)
- “LotR re-read: Return of the King Movie Rewatch” A guest post I did with Kate Nepveu on Tor.com as the winner of the Carl Brandon Society’s Con and Bust Auction 2010. (April 2011)
- “From Story to Screen” Looking at how stories translate into other media published by Fantasy Magazine (March 2011)
- “I.M. Free”, an essay at Absolute Write (February 2010)
- The Women mini-recap (screencap review) at The Agony Booth (February 2009)
- Southland Tales movie MegaRecap at The Agony Booth (my section starts on Page 8 – December 2008)
- Xanadu movie recap at The Agony Booth (November 2007)
- “Tipped Off”, a devotional at the Comfort Cafe (2006)
Poetry:
- (New!) “The Bean Between the E and the I”, published in “Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora” Double Issue Volume 42.1, 42.2″Speculating Futures: Black Imagination & The Arts” (2016)
- “All This Pure Light Leaking In” published in the anthology Dark Faith: Invocations, Apex Publications, edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon (August 2012)
- “I Will Keep the Color of Your Eyes When No Other in the World Remembers Your Name” published in issue 8 of Stone Telling: The Magazine of Boundary-crossing Poetry (August 2012)
- “Marie Antoinette Ponders the Moon” published by Every Day Poets (February 2011)
- “The Autumn Queen” published by Mytholog (Autumn 2006)
- “The Guilt of Women” published by Salt Magazine (2006)
Novel projects:
The Weeping of the Willows
Book One of the Voice Series
A young bodyguard receives orders from her lord to travel to another country to kidnap a famous Herbmaster. But through circumstances beyond her control, she instead becomes the Herbmaster’s bodyguard. And with reason, for his son may be the prophesied destroyer of the world…
Read my blog for status updates on Willow and other works in the making.
The Cafe in the Woods 