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We're working on a new kind of creative community. And we want your thoughts!  Take the survey and help us create the best place for...

Now Available: Full Series & Book, A Woman is a God

Now available: The full audio series of A Woman is a God! Buy the full series at Patreon, or in your favorite audiobook player. A Woman...

"Typical Girls" (Exile in Guyville) wins Pushcart Prize

"Typical Girls," a story from Exile in Guyville , has won a Pushcart Prize! The story will appear in the forthcoming Pushcart Prize...

Exile in Guyville wins Honorable Mention in Midland Awards

Exile in Guyville has earned Honorable Mention in this year's Midland Author Awards . The awards honor the best books by Midwest authors...

New Every Friday: A Woman is a God

A Woman is a God: The Castle Starting next week...a novel in seven audio installments! Listen to the prologue of A Woman is a God  now. A...

Past Ten Anthology features essay

Now available: The Past Ten Anthology , featuring my essay "Failure Felt Like a New Way of Being." Based on the Past-Ten.com website...

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Listen now: Midwest Weird

Midwest Weird, an audio literary magazine featuring weird fiction and nonfiction by Midwestern writers, is now live!

Three new episodes are available today, in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.

 

Whether it's surreal fiction, strange nonfiction, or everything weird in between, Midwest Weird is the podcast home for stories that stick with you.

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Out today! A Grotesque Animal

A Grotesque Animal is now available at all your favorite bookstores!

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Melissa Faliveno, author of Tomboyland, says: “"This is a book that bares both teeth and soul. A bold and unabashed call to name our stories and ourselves, to take off the masks we’ve been taught to wear and live without shame. A book for the weird women—the queer women, the disabled women, the childfree and witchy women, who resist and refuse the narratives they’re given about what their bodies should be, who write their own stories, and who claim a new language for their lives."

New Essay: The Violence of a Cool Girl (Adroit Journal)

In an essay for Adroit Journal, I talk about the violence women inflict on other women - and how that impacted the stories of Exile in Guyville.

Read The Violence of a Cool Girl (Adroit Journal)