Short Fiction & Poetry

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Browse my portfolio of over 100 pieces of short fiction and poetry, published in various magazines, anthologies, and journals!

Emmie Christie 10/31/22 Emmie Christie 10/31/22

“Lady Death and Her Whistlers” in Star*Line

The whistlers wheel through the sky /
Those skeleton birds, the wind /
Playing a dirge through their bones /

Emmie Christie 10/8/22 Emmie Christie 10/8/22

Cover your ears, child /
Hear only the trees now /

Emmie Christie 9/2/22 Emmie Christie 9/2/22

Men also love scalp massages /
and trailed fingers in their hair /

Emmie Christie 7/24/22 Emmie Christie 7/24/22

The crimson leaf pile near the street drain /
Has a picture of reasons for you to skip down the walk /

Emmie Christie 7/1/22 Emmie Christie 7/1/22

A phantom muscle in my brain /
Works on weekends and overtime /
To convince me that I’m imminent /
Just that, imminent /

Emmie Christie 6/25/22 Emmie Christie 6/25/22

Our heads house living things /
Dreams born and buried as we sleep /

Emmie Christie 6/15/22 Emmie Christie 6/15/22

Fireflies, wandering eyes /
Blinking through the popular trees /

Emmie Christie 5/14/22 Emmie Christie 5/14/22

The cicada killers drone in the park /
Small rockets /
A display of gold in the sky /

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These geese, man, they hunt /

In feral packs, snakes stacked /

On top of chicken breasts /

Emmie Christie 9/4/21 Emmie Christie 9/4/21

“Haikus wrap themselves /
around Mona Lisa’s smile”