Flyways and Tributaries – Live now
A gorgeous poetry and art collaboration with Kelia Ideishi for 7X7 LA, Flyways and Tributaries is a flight through hope and exploration. View it below.
Out now: Rupture and Repair
From Animal Heart Press, Rupture and Repair is a poetry collection that explores memory and belonging, intrinsically linked with the optimism & the wisdom of nature.
Pre-order Rupture and Repair here
And stay tuned for the virtual launch party and a nature writing workshop!
The second book in the Monsters of the River’s Edge is out now!!
Del nearly died the day she met a gorgeous river monster, but she’s been longing for the chance to see her again. Del’s not sure what will happen if she accepts the invitation to a weekend at a vacation cottage by the river, but so far magic has not led her astray, and Saira has been worth the risks.
Saira is once again tangled up in the affairs of the human world. By all logic she should focus on her service to Her Eminence and her responsibilities to her people. She should return to her underwater home and leave Del far behind, before the connection that’s formed between them irrevocably changes her.
Neither of them expect trouble in the form of a ghostly presence haunting a young woman next door, or the changes the arrival of a ghost hunter will set into motion. One weekend by the water can change everything.
Get The Water’s Edge here:
https://books2read.com/u/mB2kvA
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09LHZHVG1
Donuts in Space is out now! A series of linked flash pieces that form a short story, Donuts in Space is about a stress-baking human and her new life after the catastrophic crash of her ship from Earth. Also available in e-book and audio book read by JD Neal.
My chapbook Eyes, My Darling won the Inaugural Tiran Burrell Chapbook Prize and will be published by Knights Library in Summer-Fall 2022.
- My chapbook The Gem was selected for the shortlist with A3 Press
- My instructional flash piece How to Sort Through a Laundry Basket Holding Ten Years’ Worth of Single Socks is in Crow & Cross Keys.
- I’m thrilled to be named a runner up in Animal Heart Press’ Chapbook Contest for my collection of poems ‘Rupture and Repair’ exploring what it means to be safe enough to look back at the past, and to do so while anchored in the reassuringly cyclical natural world.
- You can read my poem Tender Cherie in Issue 1 of Agapanthus Collective.
- I have two poems in Issue Five of Feral Poetry Check out Paquerette and Simple Ritual.
- My short story Turnaround was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Thanks to Variety Pack for giving this story a home and believing it worthy of the nomination.
Find me flailing about Critical Role @trulyjerica on Tumblr, posting lots of pictures of tiny flowers @jericatruly on Twitter, and out with the chickens @floofhauben on Instagram.
Jerica Taylor 