“All the Missing Mothers” (online*, ebook)

NIGHTMARE Magazine issue 136, JANUARY 2024

“Once upon a time, there was a girl who lived with her father in a village at the edge of the woods.

She might have siblings, cruel or kind, and a neglectful father wooed by the most wicked of stepmothers. Perhaps she’s a princess stuck in a castle, her father the king. Maybe she has jealous stepsiblings or a host of suitors ready to swoop in as soon as she’s of marriageable age. What she doesn’t have is a mother to keep her safe…”

• Featured in: Maria Haskins’ SFFH Roundup for January 2024

“The Gateway Back to Gothic” (online*)

PSYCHOPOMP, June 2023

“The first gothic story I remember falling in love with was The Phantom of the Opera. At the time, we lived in San Francisco. My dad was a surgical resident, my mom newly turned stay-at-home, having quit her job at an architecture firm to care for me and my younger brother. We didn’t have many indulgences, but one thing my parents did, when they could afford to, was take us to…”

“Huoguo” (online*)

STONE SOUP PERSONAL CANONS COOKBOOK, Jan 25, 2023

“In my family, the only traditions that matter involve food—and if you ask any of us for our favorite holiday, the unequivocal answer is New Year. We’re not fussy about which turn of the calendar we celebrate: Gregorian, Lunar, or somewhere in the vicinity. All that matters is that it’s cold outside and everyone’s in town…”