Cleverness is not always the most direct way to present facts. So let me be direct for once: 1) my newest poem "Routinely" was just acquired by Skuzzbucket online and you can read it here. 2) meanwhile my novel launches on October 17, 2026 and you are invited to the launch party to celebrate its release. Get on the list 6-7pm VIP tickets with open bar and early admission, strolling accordion, and of course Lithuanian Wedding Cake until it runs out. then at 7pm general admissi

This room was different. Here, everyone was not only hungry but willing to charm for their supper.

Long, long ago, I won a national poetry contest with the first poem I ever sent out into the world. The second poem was published in a journal earning me $25. After this, I secretly thought if I ever needed money I would write poetry. I love the naïveté of my college self. And yet. Recently someone sent me a call for poetry submissions on the theme of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." It was less than 4 hours until the midnight deadline. Luckily, I know the poem mostly by heart.

Read my new essay (it won a prize)

here are some good ways to get to know me better: I'm on pretty much every social media, a different facet on each one. Pick your poison

They called my writing "femme-Kafka" so I went with it! The launch party for A FLASH OF DARKNESS was Kafka themed. Set in an underground...

My debut story collection, A FLASH OF DARKNESS, is officially available! My publisher is Borda Books -- click here to buy it directly...

From Borda Books: A FLASH OF DARKNESS​ A collection of some of the quirky dark stories that I've written, as curated by Max Talley....

I've got a weekly Substack (that is Millennial-speak for "free newsletter") and you can sign up if you like. That way you'll get a weekly...

Recognizing that you have your own taste, I have three ways you can access my newest work. Follow this link to my story "Spruce, Queen of...

As the daughter of immigrants who fled the country for fear of political retribution, it was a staggering thing to be invited to the...

Not a joke. My short story "The Fourth" which was previously published in Tales from the Canyons of the Damned, issue 32 and was...

I'm just as shocked as you are. But there it is: I have been publishing posts on Medium since mid 2020 which frequently get picked up in...

Poetry has always been a love of mine and I am thrilled to announce that September brought the publication of a villanelle I wrote called...

I used to frequently post photos on my Facebook page about things I saw or admired or was dismayed by in my Lower Manhattan neighborhood....

Available JUNE FIRST, the new anthology Once Upon A Time, from Red Penguin Press, features stories from the fantasy genre and explore the...

I have agreed to run a rare Creativity Spa for mothers on the Summer Solstice! ALL LEVELS welcome. There are not many spaces left & it’s...

Oh my friends. Book & Baby won first place at the Indie Book Awards in the category of writing/publishing. The winners and finalists will...

This outstanding piece (read time ~10 min) in Mutha Magazine: "Figuring It Out As You Go Along," features me interviewed by bestselling...

You know I don't blush easily. I live in Manhattan and have seen my share of strange and interesting things. Passersby mutter compliments...