My creative work examines the politics of the Black body, the construct of social monstrosity, and generational trauma as inheritance.
short fiction
“Ancestor Heart,” Uncanny Magazine issue 61, 2024. 6000 words. A child inherits his family’s heaviest heart.
“Homeland in Verse“, khōréō issue 3.4, 2024. Audio by R.P. Sand. 850 words. You seek homes in poems made of bodies.
“A Small Bloody Gift“, FIYAH Magazine issue 25, 2023. 6200 words. A beekeeper navigates the maze of family legacy and personal responsibility.
“Suit.co“, The Seventh Wave issue 11, 2020. 3000 words. A mailwoman faces an extreme version of the concept of passing.
“Body Snatcher“, Black Warrior Review issue 46.2, 2020. 5000 words. A woman’s search for home takes her far away from her skin.
nonfiction (selected)
“On Homeland,” The Seventh Wave, 2025.
“Diversity Syndrome: On Publishing’s Relentless Pigeonholing of Black Writers,” Literary Hub, 2025.
“Reaction GIFs of Black People Are More Problematic Than You Think“, OneZero Medium, 2020.
“When DNA Testing Gives You a Past and Threatens Your Future“, OneZero Medium, 2019.
“Google Maps Has Changed How We Remember Space“, OneZero Medium, 2019.