
“Brandon Taylor gives campus novels a taste of ‘Real Life’” - The Daily Californian, 2020.“Rachel Harrison’s ‘The Return’ will return to you in nightmares” - The Daily Californian, 2020.“Broken California dreams abound in Kate Milliken’s ‘Kept Animals’” - The Daily Californian, 2020.“Read Your Fear: Short Stories to Get You into the Halloween Spirit” - Berkeley Fiction Review, 2020.“Emotional stasis and ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’” - The Daily Californian, 2020.
“Don’t read into this” - The Daily Californian, 2020. “Skeletons in the closet: How classic horror reboots are committing to better queer representation” - The Daily Californian, 2019. “When a diaspora gives birth” - Lunch Ticket, 2019. “Teeth of the young lions” - The Daily Californian, 2019. Thirteen-year-old Angel develops a friendship with/crush on Santi, a boy he fought at the beginning of the school year. “The Age of Broken Bones” - Alebrijes Review’s VOZ Anthology, 2022, forthcoming. Content warning(s): implied child neglect Soledad has a strange encounter with another young girl on a scorching hot summer day. “The Peeling” - Fish Barrel Review, 2022. Content warning(s): mention of amputation and mention of suicide attempt Raúl and his husband, Jorge, have an uncanny experience on a backroad while on a road trip. “Second Chance Road” - Southwest Review’s Halloween Issue, 2022. Adora loses her beloved doll, Maria, but lo and behold-Maria comes back as a human. “The Blessing” - Moonflowers and Nightshade: An Anthology of Sapphic Horror, 2022. “Possession” - Ram Eye Press, 2022, (reprint) (PUSHCART NOMINATED). A young girl has been followed by a pink-haired clown since she was a little girl. “Life is a Carnival” - Tiny Frights, 2022. PRISMATICA MAGAZINE SERIAL
A drabble about a woman in love with her childhood best friend-who happens to be a serial killer.“Hurricane Warning” - Shacklebound Books, 2022.
Miguelito receives a gift from his strange friend.Inés meets a strange woman on a country backroad while fleeing her mother’s house in the middle of the night.Content warning(s): self-harm and mentions of domestic abuse Two mothers try to save their adopted daughter when she begins exhibiting signs of demonic possession.“Possession” - A Thin Slice of Anxiety, 2022 (PUSHCART NOMINATED).A young first-year teacher drowns in grief after the recent death of her beloved father.
“This Rambling Heart” - Barren Magazine, 2022. Content warning(s): off-page suicide attempt and suicidal ideations Tomasa, a girl born with the ability to revive the dead, unravels her past and confronts her present after a suicide attempt. Content warning(s): underage drinking and alcoholism Cat reunites with Al, the girl who was the love of her life in high school, when Al finds the published poetry that Cat has written about Al since parting ways with her. “The Goodbye Glory” - Berkeley Fiction Review, 2018 (print only).