MJ lives in Washington, DC. She writes heart-pumping stories of familiar people in unusual times and unusual places.
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I can’t begin to discuss how thrilled I am to be part of this anthology.
Folie à Plusieurs, a speculative horror tale inspired by the mountains in Utah, will be featured in this incredible anthology coming out this September.
We just have to wait for the lights to go out.
three am thoughts
March 18, 2024 3:00am
I would like to tell you where I’ve been.
I would like to tell you I’ve been fighting ninjas over San Francisco. Dangerous ones with blades and expert marksmanship and I’ve been in mortal danger.
I would like to tell you I’ve been holed up in hiding because I’ve learned terrible secrets of the universe, whispered to me by a mystical beast in a dark cave late at night.
I would like to tell you I’ve been swimming with the mermaids off the icy coasts of Iceland and my fingers have been too numbed by their scaly fins and seaweed hair to type.
I would like to tell you these interesting things.
They are not true.
I am sad.
Times are hard.
Imagination is fickle.
We are taught to say “thank you for your patience” when we want to say “I’m sorry” because we’re learning, as a generation, to forgive ourselves.
Thank you for your patience.
read my stories
It’s a Marshmallow World
Coalition Works, Jan 2024
Dead Man’s Hand
Cosmic Daffodil, Issue 5
Folie à Plusieurs
Livina Press, Issue 7
Agreeable Demeanor
The Hooghly Review, Issue 3
The Reproductive Methods of the Ten-Armed Allona Mermaid
Pen In Hand, Jan 2024
The Interrogation
Livina Press, Issue 8
A Map of the Welsh Coast As Seen By My Mother
The Hooghly Review Weekly
(coming soon)
Delta Alpha Delta
Call Me Brackets
(coming soon)
The Executive Park Sirens
Moss Puppy Magazine, Issue 6 (coming soon)
If you are interested in having my work in your magazine or literary journal, please reach out to me here
current projects
The Truth The Dead Know
POKER FACE x THE LAST OF US
It’s been fifteen years since 99% of the world vanished and life has reached a new normal. For Zan, that means solving crimes. When her sobriety fails, there’s no place for rock bottom like the end of the world.
Complete at 85K words
Compliance
Apple TV’s SEVERANCE x CITY OF SPIES
Misbehave at the Valdimar Corporation and a chip turns you into the perfect employee. Now Samantha and Elijah, Valdimar agents, must turn their skills on their employer to learn the dark truth their brother was killed for.
Complete at 90K words
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