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Award News

My poem " To Be the Change" is a finalist for the inaugral Nebula Award for Poetry and a Rhysling Award finalist!

My poem " Eagle-Eyed " is a 2026 Rhysling Award nominee in the short-form category!

Recent Publications

SOLD: One Soul, Gently Used (60 lines, fantasy/weird). Published in Haven Spec (June 2026).

Young, healthy, secular, loving: my soul
could fetch nine hundred, minimum.

The Mermaid Speaks of Social Justice from the Bathtub (41 lines, fantasy/weird). Published in Strange Horizons (May 2026).

Change requires examination of the initial errors,
   of the circumstances from   then
   that led to the injustice   of now.

< view advertisement source code > (31 lines, science fiction). Published in Strange Horizons (June 2026).

System.out.println(“Tired of unrelenting
   slogans claiming to promote
   social justice?”);