The following is a small portfolio of my previously published work that is currently available online.
Seattle 2110
Science fiction poem deeply rooted in the PNW and my high school years. Owes a fair bit to Blade Runner and Clockwork Orange as well. Polu Texni is a great magazine, with lots of interesting voices, check out some of their other offerings while you’re there.
The Ghost of Sigma-Chi
This piece is deeply rooted in my time at University, and reflects a lot of stories both true and rumor that I heard through the years. It wanted to do a take on the haunted house story and maybe represent fraternities in a more positive light than they’re typically seen in media. I never pledged, but I spent a lot of time in various greek houses and made some lifelong friends with the people I met there.
The Parasite
Inspired by the work of David Lynch. Warning graphic content.
Beyond The Rings
This poem surprises me when I read it because I wonder how I did it. It’s the kind of poem I wish I could write more of. It meshes genres and has a creeping ambiguity to it that leaves me just wanting more from the author…who happens to be myself. I am obsessed with off-world colonization, particularly on the moons of our own solar system.
Hi-8
This poem was inspired by an NPR report about the ivory trade and the rangers who combat it. I learned that officials burned the ivory they confiscated, and the image stuck with me of these beautiful statues in flames, bathed in the setting African sun. The notion to frame this image as a video came from my love of found footage horror films like The Blair Witch Project or Cannibal Holocaust. Conservation is a cause very close to my heart, and to this poem. Published in Devilfish alongside Beyond the Rings.
Chernobyl Nights
I’ve long been fascinated with abandoned and derelict places. This poem, about Pripyat and what’s left of the city today is one of my favorite pieces of my own work. It was recently published in Polu Texni.
The Masked Tinker
This poem, also featured at Polu Texni, blends short story and poetry together to make something very different from my other work. It took inspiration from The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and from Stephen King’s The Wind Through the Keyhole.
Before
This one is about reincarnation and the stories we tell as children, with minds uninhibited.
Far Out on the Surf
A Lovecraft inspired poem about seeing the impossible and the limits of human belief.
Scheherazade
This is a re-telling of 1,001 Nights I wrote for a themed magazine. It was roundly rejected and sat on the shelf for over a year. I re-tooled it as a poem and it found a home over at NewMyths and I couldn’t think of a more appropriate place.
Going Under, Heir, Belasis & Hastur
These three poems were all featured in Neon issue 42. ‘Going Under’ was nominated for the 2016 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem.
And then the stars…
First published in The Pedestal Magazine, this poem went on to be nominated for the 2016 Rhysling Award for Best Long Form Poem.
The King (A Masquerade)
Written exclusively for the Non-Binary Review’s ‘King in Yellow issue’, this is one of my favorite pieces of my own work. It draws heavy inspiration from Robert W. Chambers novel as well as the Stanley Kubrick film ‘Eyes Wide Shut’.
Complete Bibliography
And then the stars… was originally published in The Pedestal Magazine issue #76 and reprinted in the 2016 Rhysling Anthology.*
The King or (A Masquerade) was originally featured in The Non-Binary Review (Alphanumeric) issue #4.
Into the Patient Wilderness and The Punched Numbers Graveyard were originally published in The Original Spring 2016
Going Under*, Heir*, and Belasis & Hastur were originally published in Neon issue #42.
Before was originally published in Kaleidotrope (Autumn 2016)
Buried Treasure was originally published in Zetetic Record
Far Out on the Surf* was originally published in Charles Christian’s Urban Fantasist (Autumn 2016)
Chernobyl Nights* was originally published in Polu Texni on 10/24/2016 and reprinted in Grasslimb (Vol. 15 #2)
The Masked Tinker* was originally published in Polu Texni (Fall 2016)
Scheherazade* was originally published in NewMyths issue #34
Whisper* was originally published in Bete Noir October 2017
Beyond the Rings* and Hi-8* were originally published inDevilfish (#18)
A Study in Watson was originally published in The Non-Binary Review issue #8.
Kindled* was originally published in Mirror Dance (October 2017)
The Parasite* was originally published in Liminality issue #15
The Ghost of Sigma Chi* was originally published in The Pedestal Magazine Issue 82
Seattle 2110* was originally published in Polu Texni (Summer 2018) and again in Neon 2020
The Specter of the Flaming Cliffs* was originally published in Grasslimb (vol. 16 #2)
In the Mind, The People was published in the Non-Binary Review Clive Barker Issue
Peace Reins* and Those Who Came Before* were originally published in Kaleidotrope (2019)
Sanctuary* will appear in Strange Horizons (December 2018)
The Psycho-Maids Dream appeared in Liquid Imagination (November 2018)
Mystic Cascades* appeared in Liminality (2019)
Manifest Destiny* appeared in Arsenika
The House* Appeared in Spectral Realms
s n e s Nights* appeared in Chrome Baby
Endless Dream appeared in Neon issue Summer 2020
Unincorporated Territory appeared in (Not One of Us December 2019)
Ghost Apples Appeared in Mithila (Issue 13)
Welcome to 3901 SW Chile Dr. appeared in Star*Line (Issue 43.2)
Mythic Blooms will appear in Mythic Circle Issue 42
Vast Dark Wild appeared in Liminality Issue 24
Remore appeared in Typehouse Issue 20
The Labyrinthian appeared in Flash Fiction Magazine (September 2019)
Unincorporated Territories appeared in Star*Line 44.2
Arcas & Callisto appeared in Polu Texni (Summer 2022)
The Dweller in the Smoke appeared in HP Lovecraft Best Micro-Fiction (Fall 2022 – Overall Winner)
Trans Rage 2: The Reckoning will appear in Strange Horizons (TBD, 2023)
Mack W. Mani 