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-Two – poem + audio reading + YouTube
(theme: crime)
[x] 3 Dark Fragments – poems + audio reading + YouTube
(theme: dark / Feb 2024)
[x] “Set in Stone” in 101 Words – poem + 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 Gluttony, Watch, 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] Interview, short 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 Thursdaze, Word Riot, Bards & Sages, Mirror 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)