Read Barbie Girls @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/barbie-girls/ “Aggie gathered her hair into a rubber band, flashing us her earrings, which I saw for the first time were silver sequined Barbie heels.”

So happy to say my story, Barbie Girls, has been reprint in @fracturedlit.bsky.social !! I’m so grateful to have another opportunity to share this story that is near to my heart 💕 fracturedlit.com/barbie-girls/

In October, my story “Sick, Dying, Dead” came out in Bending Genres. I’ve been thinking about it during this end of year reflective time. bendinggenres.com/sick-dying-d...

Sick, Dying, Dead

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In January, I started the first draft of a novel about grief, karaoke, and country music. It’s showing on my Spotify wrapped!

This story, The Internet’s Predicting the End Times Again, feels as timely as ever and was published in issue 48 of Gone Lawn gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

This story, You’d Think Someone Would Reach Out, was published in Identity Theory. “I’ll ask her if she had trouble with the language barrier, not speaking French and all. ‘First of all,’ she’ll say, ‘they speak Provençal.’ And I’ll hate myself.” www.identitytheory.com/reach-out-de...

You’d Think Someone Would Reach Out - Identity Theory

I’ve lost three best friends in my life.

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This story, “The Summer Before The Glitter Fell Out Of My Eyes”, was published in HAD and then BSF “Unbeknownst to me, Blonde Brittany had coated my eyelashes with glitter glue. I was the first almost seventh grader asleep at the first slumber party of the summer.” www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...

The Summer Before the Glitter Fell Out of My Eyes by Mary DeCarlo

Unbeknownst to me, Blonde Brittany had coated my eyelashes with glitter glue. I was the first almost seventh grader asleep at the first slumber party of the summer. The green power ranger standing at ...

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I’ll be sharing some fiction to introduce myself over the next few days. I write plays, short stories, and am currently working on a novel about grief and the healing power of country music.