I'm a Philly artist with a rare book library day job; teacher and trapeze performer; many-projects pollinator; and queer married parent. Writing stories about demons. I love metaphor, systems, and emojis. ππΉ https://rilesmith.neocities.org
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I'm so very very thrilled that my first demon story has found a home in print!
I can't wait to share more about this - it's a journal I'm so honored to appear in, and this story was a delight (and fever dream πππ π₯) to create
Thrilled to share this first published work from my universe of demon-lover stories! ππ π₯ As a disabled parent, "Marriage is Convergence" is extreme personal to me; it could have been written in my own blood. But nothing in this story is autobiographical except for the dueling top-volume iPads.
As a writer/editor as well as theater maker, I have gotten to experience the larva-to-butterfly cycle of creative production from many vantage points. Whether it's π or π€ΈββοΈ, an outside eye who will lovingly but objectively encounter your work-in-progress is the highest gift.
I'm setting off emoji fireworks πππ to celebrate an encouraging short-story rejection (with actionable feedback!) from a magazine I'd love to appear in πππ