When a young girl goes missing, the ghosts of the past collide with her family’s secrets in a mesmerizing Native American Southern Gothic

When six-year-old Laurel Taylor vanishes without a trace, her family is left shattered, struggling to navigate the darkness of grief and unanswered questions. As their search turns to despair, Laurel’s older sister, Nadine, begins experiencing nightmares that blur the line between dream and reality, and she becomes convinced that Laurel’s disappearance could be connected to other family tragedies. Guided by her elders, Nadine sets out to uncover whether laying the ghosts to rest is the key to finding her sister and healing her fractured family.

Selected Fiction

“Swallow the Cherry-Pit”

Passages North, Issue 43

“A Corridor of Hands”

Cosmonauts Avenue

“Self-Portrait in Corpses”

Waxwing Magazine, Issue 22

“Maps We Leave Behind”

TriQuarterly, Issue 159

“Faces and Darkness Separate Us”

ANMLY, Issue 31

“In Which Blood Should Not Be Let”

Foglifter Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1