• Live Poetry! Featured Poetry Reading Event in Edmonton

    On July 16, 2025, I will be attending the Writers’ Guild of Alberta pub night as one of the night’s featured readers. I’m so very excited to share that my poem “When” was selected for publication by Funicular Magazine. They are an award-winning literary magazine based here in Edmonton. I feel so lucky to have…


  • Descend into the Spiral: A Review

    What does it mean to be afraid of a concept that on its own is not frightening? How could one even conceive of such horror? In the manga, Uzumaki by Junji Ito, the shape of the spiral takes on this horrific role, as it manifests as a sort of Lovecraftian monster in order to terrify,…


  • After it Rains

    pet·ri·chor /ˈpeˌtrīkôr/ (noun) 1. a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather. “other than the petrichor emanating from the rapidly drying grass, there was not a trace of evidence that it had rained at all.” Something about the smell of damp earth is calming. It’s like…


  • My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness: A Review

    Memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies in general all have a special place in my heart, especially when they deal with mental health. Nagata Kabi’s “My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness” is a manga built on looking in at oneself. It is also a relatively short piece but one that I personally could not put down. Something about the…