Published Works

Essay | Absolute Pleasure Anthology| September 2025

The Rocky Horror Picture Show shattered expectations and social norms at the time of its release. But how does its presentation of queerness—not to mention its portrayals of murder, manipulation, consent violation, and cannibalism—hold up today? The essays in Absolute Pleasure—by queer writers including Sarah Gailey, Grace Lavery, and Magdalene Visaggio—explore the film's complicated legacy, along with queer and trans joy, sexuality, family, generational understandings of queerness, and what we do with our problematic faves.

Short Story | 2025

Twenty-two amazing authors.
Twenty-five frightening stories.
From sci-fi horror to dark fantasy horror to revenge horror, these stories will fill you with terror and satisfaction.

An anthology filled with queer horror from trans, lesbian, bisexual, and queer authors around the world.

Short Story | 2023

Be wary of the year's darkest night...The first part of a special double-feature anthology from Quill & Crow Publishing House, Bleak Midwinter: The Darkest Night is a winter horror anthology that encompasses the eerie stillness that can only be found in the dead of winter.

This anthology features Aliya's sapphic, Little Red Riding Hood inspired gothic horror short story: "The Forest's Call."

Essay | Horror Press | 2024

Bryan Fuller’s 2013 adaptation of Hannibal is not your typical romance — after all, how many love stories focus on characters engaging in psychological warfare designed to destroy one another? Sure, it’s not a healthy relationship dynamic, but in the world of horror, this series created the pinnacle of the genre “horroromance.”

Article | The Other Oregon | 2025

The son of a vineyard manager, Miguel Lopez grew up in the vineyards of the Oregon wine industry. Now the owner of Red Dirt Vineyard Management & Winemaking and co-founder of AHIVOY, Lopez has witnessed the industry evolve and the disconnect between winemakers and vineyard stewards widen.

Article | The Oregonian | 2021

Throughout Oregon, lavender festivals are in full bloom through July, marking the peak of lavender season. With the harvest period winding down to mid-August, even after festivals end Oregonians can pick up bouquets and plants at local lavender farms.

Lavender is a versatile plant whose buds are often used whole or in oil for household cleaners, home goods, culinary treats and crafts.

Author Profile | Portland Monthly | 2021

The South, says Hudson, “feels like the landscape culturally and emotionally that shaped me to be who I am.”

Article | The Oregonian | 2021

Paper making, an art medium found in many forms around the world, is an accessible craft for all ages and skillsets.

“It’s a wonderful medium that can scale from beginning crafter to contemporary artist,” said paper artist Jenn Woodward, co-founder of Pulp & Deckle in Oregon City.

Article | Shout Out | 2024

Originally from Milwaukie, Oregon, Charlie Sprinkman knows that Everywhere Is Queer!

“It, to me, it's not surprising,” he said. “Like, I really do believe that queer people exist in all spaces. I get messages all the time with people like, ‘oh my gosh, I never would have thought there'd be a queer on business in my city.’”

Author Profile | Portland Mercury | 2021

As young adult authors, P.C. and Kristin Cast don’t talk down to their readers.

“There’s a lot of authors that feel how I do about it, who ignore whining and crying parents that say we can’t put any sex in our books because, ‘Then my teen will want to have sex!’” P.C. said. “Well, newsflash, okay. Your teenagers don’t need to read my book to want to have sex.”

Article | Shoutout | 2022

After a two-year hiatus, Vancouver USA Pride's event, Saturday in the Park Pride, will be returning with special guest Mary Lambert as the performance headliner, appearing in a free concert.

“I’m just really honored the Vancouver organizers thought of me and wanted to work with me,” Lambert said, adding that she has performed at Seattle Pride in the past but this is the first other Pride event in Washington State. “So this feels really special.”

Author Profile | The Other Oregon | 2021

It was on a road trip through Eastern Oregon that Oregon author Courtney Gould found inspiration for the setting of her debut novel, "The Dead and The Dark."

“I remember driving out in the towns and just feeling they are so few and far between and so isolated,” she said. “I knew the next thing I wrote I wanted to set in a place like the towns I saw in Eastern Oregon.”

Article | The Other Oregon | 2022

When Alice Shapiro moved to Central Oregon in 1994 from the East Coast, she wanted a different take from urban Judaism. She didn’t expect the culture shock of showing up to her first service at Bend’s Jewish Community of Central Oregon in heels and pantyhose when everyone else was wearing Birkenstocks.

“I literally said, ‘What kind of Judaism is this?'” she said. “And now I say, ‘What kind of Judaism is this!’ This is the way it’s supposed to be, because it’s about community and it’s about connection.”

Author Profile | The Other Oregon | 2020

Shea Ernshaw sent her first of many query letters to literary agents in New York City when she was 10 years old. Although she received all rejections, she said it sparked a dream in her that she wouldn’t let go of well into her adulthood.

“I understood that the only thing standing in the way of being published was writing a book good enough to be worthy of publication,” she said.

Article | Shout Out | 2024

Despite spending the first 25 years of my life split between the outskirts and Eugene proper, I had no idea of the city’s dynamic lesbian history. Granted, I didn’t realize until I left Eugene that I was a lesbian (I identified as bisexual for about nine years), which made it all the more bittersweet to experience the Outliers & Outlaws documentary at Cinema 21 in a predominantly lesbian audience.

Article | The Other Oregon | 2020

Jamie Nesbitt has always been attracted to the mountains and outdoor activities. When he and his partner, Richard Scharfenberg, visited an acquaintance in Bend, they quickly fell in love with the area.

“In the back of my head the dream has always been to move to a smaller town,” he said. “This place has everything I could have ever dreamt of honestly on my list. It’s worked out brilliantly.”

Article | Shout Out | 2024

From 2003 to 2006, Christa Orth could be found as a member of the troupe DK PDX: Drag Kings Portland. Now, Orth is honoring their stage history with the release of their chapbook, Don’t Stop Me Now: How to Resist Drag Bans and Create Total Gender Liberation.

Article | The Other Oregon | 2021

When Amber Latham moved to Pendleton as program director for the new branch of Oregon Recovery and Treatment Center in 2019, there wasn’t a lot of awareness among local officials about the opioid problems the community faced.

Article | The Other Oregon | 2019

Wild horses and burros are a staple of the American West, an ideal so revered that even Congress in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 described the animals as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit.”

Nearly 50 years later, there are 81,951 wild horses and burros roaming over public lands, according to the Bureau of Land Management’s program data.

Article | The Other Oregon | 2018

The average lifespan for a person living in rural communities is four years less than individuals living in urban or suburban areas, according to Grant Niskanen, vice president of medical affairs for Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls.

Despite the need for providers and quality health care in rural areas, hospitals and medical practices in those communities have been fighting to overcome the challenges in attracting and retaining physicians.

Award-Winning Education Article | The Chronicle | 2019

The Chronicle seeks to serve Springfield, Creswell, Cottage Grove and Pleasant Hill communities with hyper-local news and information.

Authors Publish E-Book | 2023

The book gives you strategies for revising your manuscript before sending to agents, editors, and publishers.

In this short book you'll learn:

✓ How to get (and use) beta-reader feedback
✓ How goal setting influences the revision process
✓ How to know when it's time to stop revising and start submitting
✓ Why understanding genre expectations is so important

Authors Published E-Book | 2022

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