current project
poems and stories connected to, often providing imaginary origins of, real folklore, including jump-rope rhymes, counting-out rhymes, clapping games, camp songs, urban myths, and superstitions (last updated November 2025)
Mrs. Magalina Hoopensteimer Wallenheimer Hogan Bogan’s Wedding Toast (camp song), Strange Horizons, November 2025
The Building Was Sinking (urban myth about libraries), Eclectica, Oct/Nov 2025
Bottle Spinning (spin-the-bottle game), Rattle, May 2025, online September 2025
Out of String (Miss Mary Mack clapping game), Eclectica, October 2024, Spotlight runner-up
My Mother and Your Mother (counting-out rhyme) Eclectica, April 2024, nominated for Best of the Net
The Fizziest Death (urban myth about pop rocks), Non-Binary Review, June 2017
in process: Bread and Butter (superstition), Cinderella Dressed in Yella (jump-rope rhyme), I Scream You Scream (playground rhyme)