Hi there

I’m a fiction writer whose short stories have been shortlisted for the Nebula and World Fantasy awards. My novel-in-progress received a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation.

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Terrible Lizards
Swift, Brutal Retaliation
We Heart Vampires!!!!!!
The Magician’s House
Tetris Dooms Itself

Writing About Writing
On Point Horror (w/ Alice Sola Kim)
On Karen Joy Fowler
An interview with Kelly Link

Also

I’m senior features editor at Eater.com, and write essays and reported nonfiction about food, travel, queerness and ~the future~. I live in Los Angeles (again).

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There’s No Place Like HomeState
To Live and Die in L.A. (Again)
The Future of Dining is Fancy Chains
Gjelina Reveals How We Want to Live Now
How Odd Duck Keeps Austin Weird
The Strange Exhilaration of Buying And Wearing a Suit

For two years, I edited Eater Austin, where I obsessively covered every aspect of the city’s robust dining scene.