poetry, prose, libretti, and scripts
(and whatever else the mind comes up with)
RECENT NEWS
RECENT NEWS
“Read Like an Actor”: Open For Registration
The stories are selling. The book is on the shelves. You’ve befriended your local cafe, festivals, or pub. And now the requests trickle in…
Do you want to do a reading for us?
No one likes public speaking, but we can make it easier. Come learn the nitty-gritty of preparing for a reading: what excerpts to choose, what to focus on while preparing, and how to make your spoken words shine as bright as your written ones.
Longlisted for the BSFA Awards
“We Are Only Ourselves”, printed in Interzone #296, was recently longlisted for the BSFA Awards.
During the seven years he lived as a woman, Tiresias the oracle lived fully as a woman. She married. She had children. “We Are Only Ourselves” tells the story of the man who married her.
“We Are Only Ourselves” wrestles with misogyny, sexuality, and fate—whether it’s pre-determined or defined by the choices we make.
Andrion is now in bookstores.
When 16-year-old Kallis goes to see Aristophanes' latest play, she's inspired to sneak into the Assembly and try to make her name as an orator. It's not legal, of course. Even if she had been born a man, she is too young. After overthrowing Athens and changing the course of the city's future, her father raised her at his side. Even though the men around him treat her like a wild animal, Niko's always been proud of her outspoken intelligence. Kallis has no reason to suspect he'll be anything but supportive. She's spent her whole life immersed in politics. Is it so unthinkable that she wants to follow in her father's footsteps?
Righteous anger shines in this story like a beacon.
- Sue Burke, Seismosis duology
Recent & Upcoming Publications…
Andrion is available now through Knight Errant Press
“Love Song of an Atom in Fission”, Last Stanza Poetry Journal (Editor’s Choice)
“Finn”, Hillfire Vol. 2
”The First”, The Centifictionist
UPCOMING: “We Are Only Ourselves”, Interzone 296
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
With a decade in the writing business, an MSc and an (in-progress) PhD from the University of Edinburgh, and a unique perspective on the craft of words, Alex is an unforgettable teacher—and these are some unforgettable experiences.
