What a fantastic @nolabookfest conversation beautifully moderated by Megan Holt of One Book One NOLA, featuring Louisiana poet laureate Mona Lisa Saloy. We journeyed through rich ideas & made meaningful connections. Plus a vocal cameo by my mama at the end youtube.com/watch?v=hMi1kC…

Humor and horror, godlings and earthlings, lust and transformation all tangle together in “The Swan.” I’m overjoyed that this fantastical romp through New York City has been nominated for the 2023 Shirley Jackson awards under the category of Novelette. #infiniteconstellations

I have been lamenting my estrangement from creative play for years. My remedy: fling some fiction up on a Substack twice a month. I plan to prioritize creativity and flow over perfection. Here’s to creativity we don’t belabor over. Enjoy the fiction here: flingingfiction.substack.com/p/folding-filt…

She towered over me, skeletal and sculptural. Her skin, a dull gleaming bronze, her eyes wide and punishing. “This is your filth!” she screeched. I shook my head, but I could not get words to bubble to the surface. “You brought this here.” flingingfiction.substack.com/p/folding-filt…

Just after you rip through the tight stretch of peel, the sweetness explodes. This brings glory your tongue. So many joys have faded. How did it feel to collapse in laughter or lob the perfect insult? Now satisfaction lives beneath the skin of a nectarine. flingingfiction.substack.com/p/like-the-ani…

This October y father's first novel, Walkin’ Blues, a retelling of blues man Robert Johnson’s life, will be released. He’s slowed down considerably in old age, but his brain is active and he's keeping the projects rolling. Here’s to lineages, legacies and nourishing connections.

With a novel it can be two to five drafts before you feel that click—that moment when the story elements come together. But with my micro fiction project, I get to experience that click every other week. What a thrill. Read this week's microfiction: flingingfiction.substack.com/p/we-three