The Haunted States of America (Godwin Books/Henry Holt) has a cover, a very scary cover, illustrated by Solomon Hughes.
The book will be available July 9, 2024. Inside are 52 middle grade horror stories, one for each state. Puerto Rico and DC, too. “The Michigan Triangle” is my story about lighthouses, cousins, and the sunken ships in Lake Michigan.
Preorder it here.
Thank you to Lindy Ryan and Lee Murray for including one of my poems in this beautiful upcoming anthology, which will be out in November 2023.
News! The Syndrome Mag has published a hilarious book of essays: Show Us Your Wits. I’m pleased to be included in this book with a piece titled “A Coronavirus Yoga Practice” that shows how to amend all those familiar poses with new ones—Quarantine Puppy feels much more appropriate than Downward Dog, as does Floating Cruise Ship instead of Boat Pose.
From the website:
The Syndrome Mag unveils “Show Us Your Wits: Funny Women Surviving Coronavirus Lockdown by Laughing Through It”, an anthology of funny essays about how women and nonbinary writers across the world are coping with quarantine, social distancing, teleworking, parenting from home and all the other challenges we face because of the COVID-19 crisis.
More than 50 hysterical writers from the U.S., Italy, England, Spain, Holland, Iran, Pakistan, Mexico and beyond take on topics such as:
Being pregnant during lockdown
Coping with a parent with dementia who’s quarantining with you
Living through what the U.S. president has labeled the “Chinese virus” as a Chinese-American
Surviving depression, loneliness, and sexual frustration
Learning to teach on Zoom
Why older women won’t sacrifice themselves for the “good of the economy”
Keeping fit (or not) as a survival skill
When it’s time to kiss your quarantine leggings goodbye