“My Mother’s Voice and the Shadow” (Cast of Wonders, Sep 2024)
A book-mender starts seeing shadows in the books she mends, shadows that are traces of a forbidden magic that reveal the dark history of both the empire and her own family. Audio version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
“The Window at My Mother’s Back, the Door in My Belly” (Ghoulish Tales, Nov 2024)
A vengeful ghost and her half-human daughter promised to be good for a second chance to live, but both life and the nature of their own flesh creep too close to violence. If you’d like a free copy of this story for award reading, please email me.
“To Fall in Love With a Dying Sun” (Fusion Fragment, September 2023)
A collector of solar eclipse photos encounters the incarnation of a dying sun and helps her face her impending death.
“The Cursing of Herman Willem Daendels” (khōréō, September 2023)
A mother seeks revenge for the death of her son by begging a shaman to curse the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies.
“The Kindest, Most Caring Library You’ve Ever Known” (Writer’s Playground, July 2023)
On Día de los Muertos, the new library of a university must find a way to collaborate with its janitor to call back the spirit of the old library, which it is in love with.