“He allowed himself to sink into the reality of the of what he was seeing. Her reality. He was not Samantha, and this was not his death.”
Speculative fiction about memory work, grief, and what it costs to live inside someone else’s last moments.
“By delving into the concept of feralization... we dissect how these literary devices not only shape the characterization of these individuals but also contribute to the broader societal understanding and misinterpretation of mental health conditions...”
An essay examining neurodiversity, dehumanization, and the dangers of the normative social model.
“Availability is not the same as discoverability.”
An EDIA website audit asking what a library redesign makes visible and what it buries.
“A review is a map of attention: what the work asks of a reader, and what it gives back.”
A placeholder for a featured reader report, book review, or manuscript evaluation — notes on craft, market position, and what the story is doing on the page.
Workshop / Revising
“He allowed himself to sink into the reality of the of what he was seeing. Her reality. He was not Samantha, and this was not his death.”
A speculative story following a forensic mnemonist whose work is to inhabit other people’s memories but finds himself trapped outside of his own. Clinical calm, grief, and the ethics of retrieval collide in a lab built to feel almost like home.
Completed · Emerson / Revisiting
“By delving into the concept of feralization... we dissect how these literary devices not only shape the characterization of these individuals but also contribute to the broader societal understanding and misinterpretation of mental health conditions...”
An essay on how SFF frames neurodivergence through animalistic and “feral” imagery — reading dehumanization, Foucault, and genre narrative as linked systems of othering and desire.
Complete
“Availability is not the same as discoverability.”
A comparative EDIA content audit of Horry County Memorial Library’s website before and after redesign tracking the discoverability of diversity, accessibility, language access, and community service resources.
Open document →“A review is a map of attention: what the work asks of a reader, and what it gives back.”
A placeholder for a featured reader report, book review, or manuscript evaluation — notes on craft, market position, and what the story is doing on the page.
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