BOOKS
Is IT ENOUGH YET?
My debut short story collection is being published by Glory Box Press and releasing fall 2024.
Everything is always too much and not enough at the same time.
A woman who can edit your life into oblivion. Teen rebellion started with menstrual blood. Cottagecore raves that make you feel your age. Love so transformative it will make you sick. A fear of bodily betrayal that takes one to the extremes. A house for living dead girls. Dinners that are off the menu, way off. A body that screams itself bloody to be seen. Malevolent music for the jilted generation. A reconfigured fairytale for disabilities. And a femme confessional of the mundane turned to madness.
This mixtape of millennial malaise, melancholy, madness, and monstrosity is directly inspired by the music of The Strokes, The Smashing Pumpkins, Mother Mother, Sufjan Stevens, Placebo, Chvrches, Interpol, Metric, Arctic Monkeys & Taylor Swift.
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ANTHOLOGIES
YOUR BODY, MY RAGE: A CHARITY FEMININE RAGE HORROR ANTHOLOGY
Rage is power. Fury is creation. What does yours look like?
Your Body, My Rage is a haunting, visceral exploration of feminine rage through the lens of horror. From the grotesque to the psychological, from ghostly whispers to strangled screams, this collection showcases the bold, unapologetic voices reclaiming the narrative.
This anthology brings together a diverse array of stories and artwork, centering women, queer, and marginalized creators to create a tapestry of defiance and raw emotion with one thing in common: the men in these stories are the ones who should be scared.
Feminine rage is often silenced, misunderstood, or weaponized. This anthology aims to transform it into a source of power, action, and change. Join us in this cathartic exploration of horror and empowerment.
All proceeds go to advocacy organizations supporting women’s rights, with a focus on the Black and queer communities.
My story, Killjoy For Dinner, is what I call ‘dinner table horror.’ Think of the scene from Hereditary. Growing up, this was a tense space for an unhappy family that came with rules and a place from which it felt there was no escape.
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The dark side of game play: Controversial issues in playful environments
I contributed a chapter to this anthology called Don’t Forget to Die: A Software Update is Available for the Death Drive. I describe the trivial ways in which death is depicted in games and how, as a representation of failure, forces us into patterns of repeated play that which mirror Freud’s observations of the earliest manifestation of ‘The Death Drive’ - fort-da. This is when an infant repeatedly drops and toy onto the floor and waits for a parent to retrieve it for them, a cycle of exerting their limited agency over a guardian.
I argue, that by playing games that feature a play-die-retry structure, we are still playing that game of fort-da.
GAME LOVE: essays on play and affection
My chapter in this collection focused on a niche fandom for kusogē, or shit games. I looked at the community who celebrates the most terrible experiences that the medium has to offer, such as the famed ET: The Extra Terrestrial Atari game that failed so famously, it killed the games industry. Far from being ironic or absurdist, these fan communities collect with love and revel with a camp affection in the discovery of weird, broken, and just plain bad games, wearing their ability to play them like a badge of honour.
This essay is about taking shit seriously.