Summer’s been lovely—so lovely that I sort of forgot I had a newsletter. It’s also been relatively quiet since I last updated said newsletter. Academia slows down in the summertime. It’s gotten to the point where I’ve been wishing for the students to come back into the library.
Now, of course, the students are coming back into the library. The semester starts tomorrow, and I’d love to say I’m ready. But are we ever ready? I don’t think anyone ever is, but I’m looking forward to the next few months (even though I know I’ll be exhausted at the end of it all).
Anyway, new work out for July & August, in chronological order:
“the fantasy” in Troublemaker Firestarter volume 9 / order here
three weird pieces in fifth wheel press brainrot anthology:
“the teeth” in dog teeth lit issue CAVE CANEM / read here
“Terraforming Luna” in James Gunn’s Ad Astra / read here
“gay awakening as revealed through men’s hockey rpf” on fifth wheel press blog / read here
I don’t have any work forthcoming in a magazine right now—a strange feeling. I’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from submitting individual poems/stories over the summer. I haven’t taken a hiatus from writing, though. My notes app is full of gems. I hope to get crackin’ at submissions in the coming weeks.
Speaking of submissions, I’ll be busy next month reading them! I’ll be open for underscore_magazine submissions for issue 6 through the month of September. I’m also serving as a first-round reader for Monarch Queer Literary Awards, which will be reading submitted nominations from September through the end of November. Monarch, a new fifth wheel press project, is meant to showcase the best queer writing and artwork appearing in literary magazines and independent presses. I’m a founding editorial board member, but I like to joke that my title should be “spreadsheet wrangler” since I’m handling most of the behind-the-scenes on the submission form.
Other antics I’ve gotten up to:
Learned how to do winged eyeliner
Visited the Boston cop slide
Saw the Yankees play, twice, even though I’m a Mets fan
Said “yeah, I’ll be at AWP” to enough people that I feel I have to attend
Well, here’s to the end of August. Hopefully the coming month is lovely, but not so lovely that I forget I have a newsletter. Stay well.