Koji A. Dae
As a reader, I’ve been obsessed with Gillian Flynn this year. It started when I read The Grownup as a “suggested” book when I was looking for alternative gothic stories. I wanted haunted house stories that didn’t feel like haunted house stories, and The Grownup seemed to fit. Unfortunately, I didn’t really like it, even […]
Why I’m no longer using images in my social media and blog posts. Perhaps you’ll consider joining me?
I am fairly anti generative AI. Beyond its environmental impact, there’s social harm as well. Which angle? Take your pick. Spreading misinformation. Harming reputations. Inciting hate or violence. Impacting political campaigns. Perpetuating bias. The list goes on. In the writing community, there are also concerns of copyright infringement, the continued societal disrespect and commodification of […]
Some notes about BulgaCon in Sofia, September 2024.
BulgaCon 2024 will take place in Sofia this weekend. It’s the first lit conference I’ll be attending, and while I’m super excited to meet new people in the world of speculative fiction, I’m also nervous. I have very little idea of what to expect — partly because I’ve never attended a con, but also because […]
Thoughts on: Murder by Pixel by S. L. Huang, Wallers by Mari Ness, To Cheer As They Leave You Behind by James L. Sutter and The Satellite Charmer by Bougouma Diene
Today I had the immense pleasure of listening to Eating Bitterness by Hannah Yang in The Dark Magazine on The Dark’s podcast. This was one of those stories that came at the right time to pack an emotional gut-punch. Generally, I struggle with the expectations of motherhood vs. my capacity to give. To be perfectly […]
I feel like, for the first time, I had the tools to begin picking apart a panic attack. This is the poem that resulted from that session, and I am too eager to share it with people to try to find a home in a magazine. So, here you go… me in raw, panic in blue.
Thoughts on: Promises We Made Under a Brick-Dark Sky by Karen Osborne, I’m Feeling Lucky by Leonid Kaganov, and The Child Feast of Harridan Sack by Kaitlyn Zivanovich