Creative Writing

Here are some writing fragments of mine from the past several years.

I’ve categorized them by form and theme.

Books

[x] let it rip
(chapbook / theme: heartbreak)

[x] dragon poetry collection
(modern mythic poetry)

Poetry & Other Readings

[x] “Make Way for More” in The Coalition poem + audio reading
(theme: eco-poetry / Fall 2023)

[x] “I Should’ve Known” in The Five-Twopoem + audio reading + YouTube
(theme: crime)

[x] 3 Dark Fragments – poems + audio reading + YouTube
(theme: dark / Feb 2024)

[x] “Set in Stone” in 101 Wordspoem + audio reading + YouTube
(theme: speculative)

[x] “Gift Box” – audio reading + YouTube
(theme: witch-themed / microfiction)

Poetry

[x] “Tourist Trap” in Crying Heart Press
(forthcoming 2026 / Issue #1 Theme: “Waking the Dead”)

[x] “Maelstrom” in Red String Lit
(April 2024 / theme: mermaid / speculative)

[x] “The Arsonist” in Hearth & Coffin
(Jan 2024 / theme: eco-poetry)

[x] “Next Level” in Cosmic Daffodil Journal
(PDF eBook / Feb 2024 / theme: 7 deadly sins)

[x] Mockingbird haiga in Under the Bashō
(theme: nature)

[x] Featured in Haiku Dialogue
(theme: falling in love)

[x] “Why I’m Gone” in 34th Parallel Magazine
(theme: heartbreak)

Flash Fiction

[x] “Just Another Pretty Face” in Guilty Crime Story Magazine
(crime)

[x] “Hands” in Mystery Tribune
(crime)

[x] “Porcelain” in Bulb Culture Collective
(literary)

[x] “Praise Him” in 365 tomorrows
(speculative)

[x] Flash fiction in GluttonyWatch, and Ho Ho Ho
(Black Hare Press / horror)

[x] “Heartbeat” in the anthology, 50 Give or Take, #1, by Vine Leaves Press
(2021 / microfiction)

[x] “Made Just For You” on Horror Tree
(halloween-themed horror)

[x] Interviewshort story, and follow-up pontianak story on Horror Addicts 
(2021 / horror)

Reviews + Essays

[x] Chapbook Reviews (2025+; on this blog)

[x] Review of “Dominant Genes by SJ Sindu” in Vagabond City

[x] Review of 2 Mini Chapbooks (Cup & Dagger series by Sword & Kettle Press) in Compulsive Reader

[x] “Peaceful, Unafraid” in Whale Road Review (Winter 2023)

[x] “Especially the Girls” in The Radical Notion (PDF)

[x] “Jess Chua Reads Root Rot by Rhienna Renée Guedry” in Heavy Feather Review

[x] “Dear Skin” in redrosethorns journal (essay)

Awards / Mentions

[x] Finalist in #GWStoriesEverywhere
(Oct 2023 / twitter fiction)

[x] Monthly Musepaper Award for “The One,” via New Millennium Writings
(2020 / essay)

[x] Runner-Up in the “Mysterious Photograph” contest at Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine 
(Jan/Feb 2021 / horror)

[x] Reader’s Choice Finalist at Didcot Writers 
(Nov 2019 / crime)

Past (retired pen name)

[x] Fiction + poetry appeared in ThursdazeWord Riot, Bards & SagesMirror Dance, and Cha Journal

[x] Guest speaker/debater at Singapore Writers Festival (2012; PDF)

[x] Guest blogging at Tiny Buddha and Becoming Minimalist on mindfulness and mental health (2018 – 2020)