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Turning around to face it

Jun 14 •

Turned on its side, it resembles infinity

Jun 7 •

May 2023

T minus 2 weeks: Recognition

When I was a child I told stories because I could never tell the truth.

May 24 •

The baby universes

T minus three weeks

May 16 •

September 2022

I’m not waiting for anyone to pick me up.

Sep 19, 2022 •

June 2022

I want to write about things. That’s what I do, I write about things. Even while I’m sprinting up a hill, a half dozen screamed directions competing for…

Jun 22, 2022 •

November 2021

that juju, that something extra, our little bit of luck

Nov 14, 2021 •

March 2021

This is the place

Isma woke me up at four that morning: “The horse is gone.”

Mar 21, 2021 •

January 2021

Writing, living and figuring it out in rural Mexico

Welcome to A stranger comes home by me, Alaya. Award-winning speculative fiction writer, immigrant, serious black girl nerd and trauma survivor figuring…

Jan 29, 2021 •

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