Triangulation: Habitats is here!  This anthology of speculative stories and poems about sustainable living spaces is available in ebook or paperback. 

From the times I’ve traveled to Ecuador to visit family, I’ve gotten to see the Andes, the tropical coast, and the stunning Galápagos—but one part of the country I haven’t been to yet is the rainforest.  I’ve wanted to since I was a kid, but it hasn’t worked out.  That made the research for this latest story, “Discount Night at the Haunted Eco Lodge,” a bit frustrating, especially since I did the bulk of it during COVID lockdown last year.  I leafed through a book on ecotourism filled with jaw-dropping photos of sustainable tourist destinations around the world, while the prospect of traveling seemed so very far away.  I read people’s accounts of Amazon hikes and studied itineraries of lodges throughout South America, all during a time I I felt nervous about setting foot in my local grocery store. 

That’s why I’m especially pleased that readers can now take this journey with my characters.  Welcome to the haunted eco lodge.

How cool is this?!  Victims and Villains is hosting an online event this Saturday, bringing together various guest podcasters and gamers to celebrate art, gaming, film, and mental health.  There’s nothing about that sentence I don’t like.  Anyway, one of the podcasts will be Black Women Are Scary, and I’m thrilled that they’ll be reading my story “Neck of the Woods” as part of this event on Saturday, August 21^st at 8pm EDT (5pm my time, PDT) on Twitch. 

In other event news, registration is now open for Fall classes at the Hugo House, including the workshop I’m teaching with Elizabeth Beechwood in November.

After last month’s fairy poem in Pastel Pastoral, this time I have a new one in the anthology Into the Glen: Into the Light.  It’s called “The Fabulous, Interconnected Living Root Bridges of the Fairies.”  I’m so used to thinking of fairies in flight, I thought it’d be fun if they had a special place where they assembled specifically to walk.  For research, I read about tourism to living root bridges in parts of India, as well as how the aerial roots of Ficus elastica are cultivated.

I have a new poem out in the Mythos Reborn issue of The Periodical, Forlorn.  This issue shows characters from various myths as you’ve likely never seen them before.  My poem, “Ariadne Goes to Knitting Group,” was partially inspired by my mom telling me about her knitting group.  I originally was going to use a different refrain, one involving the sound of the knitting needles, until I checked with her and learned that the main sound would actually be everyone conversing.  I latched onto the social aspect, and that helped shape the poem.