New Stories by Me, Many Talented Others, in kill author

Really good issue of >kill author just went up. I feel weird saying that, because I have a piece in there, but I have to say it because there are all these terrific poems and stories from all these amazing writers, like Roxane Gay, Matt Bell, David Peak, Robert Kloss, James Tadd Adcox, Kirsty Logan, Lydia Unsworth, and a bunch of others, too. I feel humbled to be in the presence of these greats, and in an issue named after Flannery O’Connor, no less!

Anyway, my story is called “What Happened to the Bishop’s Daughter.” You should check that out too–I like it quite a lot, actually. And that isn’t always the case with my stuff by the time it’s published. Here’s a little bit of it to tease you with:

She emerges like a running joke, pushes her hair over her eyes and brows, and tosses the white coat out the window. Jalle has to retrieve the thing every day, because the Bishop, you know, isn’t made of money. (The Bishop sometimes rolls his eyes heavenward and prays for his daughter to be struck by sense or, absent that, a little divine fire. A light, crisp tongue of vermillion flame, licking at her silly feet and her pert little bottom. The Bishop enjoys dreaming this holy retribution.)