Publications

Selected Online Publications, By Niche

Health, Mental Health, and Chronic Illness

• “When Chronic Pain Made All Aspects of Life Hurt, I Found Solace in Yoga” for mayks Yoga, May 2023

• When I Started Running, I Expected to Lose a Toenail—But Not Like this” in Age of Empathy, March 2022

• “I Feel Like a Chronic Pain Imposter—Then, The Next Flare Hits” in Invisible Illness, March 2021

Pop Culture / Video Games

• “Marvel Needs to Stop Using Motherhood as Shorthand for Female Character Development” in The Escapist, November 2024

• “Pokemon Concierge is the Relatable Content I Didn’t Know I Needed” in FanFare, January 2024

• “Skyrim’s Courier is Obsessed with Me” in FanFare, February 2022

• “Chaotic Awkward” in The Journal of Dungeoneering for Hip and Attractive Professionals, March 2021.

Personal Essays on Life & Writing

• “The Place Where My Stories Live Feels Hollowed Out and Empty” in Age of Empathy, January 2022

• “I Miss My Students’ Faces” in Age of Empathy, December 2021

• “Setting My Phone to ‘Emotionally Out of Office” in Wholistique, August 2021

Books / Reading

• “When Reading Becomes a Job” in Coffee Time Reviews, July 2021

• ““You Can Never Really Read the Same Book Twice” in Coffee Time Reviews, April 2021

Feminism / Childfree

• “I Won’t Change My Mind About Not Having Kids” in Write Like a Girl, May 2021

Relationships

• “Does Love Only Find You When You Least Expect It?” in PS I Love You, May 2021

• “Cooking for One” on Golden Walkman Magazine, February 2020.

• "The Lonely Planet Guide to Grief," bonfire(s), Volume 1, Spring 2018.

• "The Process of Unraveling," Razor Literary Magazine, Issue 5, Spring 2018.

Print Publications:

• "What Happened at White Castle," Hoosier Lit, Spring 2017

• "Battle Scars," Our Bodies, Our Voice zine benefiting Planned Parenthood, 2017

• "Portraits," Aspiring to Inspire anthology, 2014

Scholarship:

• "Wise Blood: Menstruation, Fertility, and the 'Disappointment' in Hemingway's Across the River and Into the Trees" with Mark Cirino, The Hemingway Review, Volume 37, Issue 1, 2017

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• ComicBook Author Page

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• The Escapist Author Page

  I wrote for The Escapist from early 2024 to early 2025. My video game guides, news coverage, and general pop culture chit-chat for The Escapist can be found here.

• The Pagan Grimoire Author Page

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• Medium Author Page

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• Gamepur Author Page

  I wrote for Gamepur from 2023 to early 2024. My video game guides and news coverage can be found here.

• Book Riot author page

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