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M. W. Brooke

M. W. Brooke is a queer writer originally from the American Southwest, now living in Portland, Oregon. Her work has appeared in Atticus Review, CHEAP POP, Waxwing, and X-R-A-Y. Find her online at www.mwbrooke.com or @mwbrooke on Twitter.

2022 Short Fiction Contest

Spring 2023

Siphonophore

By M. W. Brooke

2022 Short Fiction Contest Winner Molly wanted to go to Galveston for her birthday. I balked when she told me, mystified by the thought of celebrating her sweet sixteen in […]