Stories

  • How to Build Your Community (Even if You’re Exhausted)

    How to Build Your Community (Even if You’re Exhausted)

    Community isn’t something that just appears out of nowhere. It’s something you practice. It doesn’t arrive fully formed, and it doesn’t require charisma (and if you’re too charming, everyone will just think you’re a…

  • To Be A Village

    To Be A Village

    “That sounds like a TV show,” people often say when I describe the street I live on. Aesthetically, there’s nothing remarkable about it. The houses are pretty, modest, and brick; the sidewalks are lined…

  • Divorce: In The Middle Of Love And Pain

    Divorce: In The Middle Of Love And Pain

    Divorce is brutal. It has a way of stripping you down to your sharpest edges. The pain alone can tempt you to become someone you don’t recognize—to sink into the heat of anger, to…

  • What Happens When You Use AI to Process Your Own Heartbreak?

    What Happens When You Use AI to Process Your Own Heartbreak?

    It was 11 p.m. on a Thursday, and I couldn’t sleep again. The house was silent, save for the soft clicking of dog claws on hardwood. Sprawled across my green velvet couch, I stared…

  • I Got Married, Then Divorced—And Finally Chose Myself

    I Got Married, Then Divorced—And Finally Chose Myself

    I didn’t spend playtime as a little girl fantasizing about my wedding. There were too many creatures to catch, adventures to be had, weird side hustles to scheme, and books to read. I was…

  • It’s Official: House of Secrets is Available for Preorder!

    Listen, I get it, I’m like that weird aunt at this point who you don’t hear from until Thankgiving rolls around and she shows up looking as unhinged as ever to share her political…

  • Book Announcement! Vampire Series Coming Soon!

    Hey there, friends! I have some really exciting news! Drumroll, please. (Pretend like you hear thundering drums). My take on a vampire series will be hitting shelves later this year. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I know it’s…

  • The Golden Age of Ageism

    As I grow closer to my death, I’m startled by this realization. As of the moment of writing this, knock on wood, I’m grateful to be in mostly good health for someone my age,…

  • New Year, New Me? No! Let’s Try New Year, Slightly Improved Me.

    Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve been using lists to essentially run my life. My brain, which is most likely fueled by undiagnosed ADHD, is fast and jumps from one idea to the…

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