The Hugo Award is the highest honor in science fiction and fantasy writing. And I’m a finalist for one. I very rarely think about a physical object that I want, […]
Meg Elison
Antler Review: February & Marching On
A year has passed, sheltered in place. I went through months of not reading at all, and then weeks when I swallowed five books and couldn’t stop. Lots of good […]
“The Pill” has been nominated for the Nebula Award
My novelette from PM Press, my anchor piece in my collection, the fattest thing I have ever written, is a finalist for this award. I am grateful to the […]
Antler Review: January Came Anyway
It’s the tenth month of March 2020. It’s Fuckuary, as Roxane Gay called it. We’re avoiding the plague, we’ve lived through insurrection and inauguration and now we get to painfully […]
2020 Gothic
You missed trash pickup last week. This week’s pickup has been called on account of poor air quality. You circle the Arby’s dumpster, finding it unguarded. The Arby’s is boarded […]
Antler Review: Last Great Reads of 2020
Before we burn this mother down: I want to tell you the last few things that I loved this year. These are the best reads of November and December, 2020. […]
Eligibility 2020
Friends, it has been a long and hellish year. I feel much older on this end of it than I did on the other. Despite the fight and the isolation […]
Thankful
I got my first period on Thanksgiving Day. I was really young. So young, in fact, that I didn’t consider that that might be what was wrong with me. I […]
Antler Review: October Spooks and Surprises
Right on time for this spookiest of seasons, I read this excellent article about Carmilla, which is the best vampire novel you’ve never read. The other one is The Gilda […]
Elegy for an Advertisement
I drove into San Francisco in June or July for the first time since the order to shelter in place had begun. I remember the bizarre emptiness of both the […]