The Last Train Out
A late-night train ride through Los Angeles turns into a descent through time, memory, and addiction. As the city rewinds itself around her, a woman is forced to face the versions of herself she thought she escaped.
Trimmed For Company
After losing her job writing the dead into something palatable, a woman follows a roadside orchard that offers a different kind of edit, one you can swallow. But the more she consumes, the more the town begins reshaping her life into something easier to tell, and impossible to get back from.
Static at the Edge of 29 Palms
In a desert where time stutters and the sky can’t hold itself together, a woman is confronted by a woman who insists they’ve done this before. This time, remembering might be the only way to stop losing her.
Writing The California Fever Dream
“Outside, the sky began changing colors like it was unsure which version of the sunset to run. A Joshua Tree caught fire, silently. Beautifully. And then reassembled itself in reverse.”
— Static at the edge of 29 Palms
“She could taste the day. Hot pennies. Sunscreen. The faint chemical sweetness of melted plastic… She told herself this was normal. California normal. A climate that didn’t ask permission.”
— What California Makes
“The heat was biblical and immediate. By the time she had crossed the wash and climbed the low rise beyond it, her shirt was sticking to her back and her thoughts had gone strangely bright around the edges.”