This story appears in Issue 15 of Sink Hollow Literary Magazine! Longing to connect with the memory of his absent father and late mother, and to experience life outside of the small onion farm he grew up on, Teru Masuda wants nothing more than to go to college in America. Caught between an overprotective grandmother … Continue reading Hokkaido Trench
Hivemind
With bubbling paranoia and body horror, this excerpt of "Hivemind" is a small look at some of my 2022 experimental work. Balancing sweltering nights of tossing and turning with nights of sleepless calm, our protagonist finds that even after the loss of his wife and children, he's never quite alone. Click to read!
Curved Barbell/Perfect Pearls
My 2022 poem "Curved Barbell/Perfect Pearls" is perhaps the piece that is most myself, and most free from anyone else. A small exploration of what happens when a glimpse of the rebel you dreamed of as a child finally looks back at you in the mirror. Click to read!
HEROIN
Addictive love and addictive loss—my 2021 free verse poem, "HEROIN." For our passionate narrator, it seems there are some itches better left unscratched. Click to read!
A. N. McKinnon 