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  • French Broads Lit
  • September 29, 2025

    Back in the USA with new Pubs

    I had a couple of things come out while I was in France for the last three weeks, including Weird Lit’s Fall Issue, where my “vampire trucker” story The Front Range was published. I loved this one, and am glad to have found a mag that loves it too. Meanwhile, Thirteen Podcast released their September…

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  • August 22, 2025

    Dollhouse in After Happy Hour – Issue 27

    OUT NOW! And you can read it for free: https://afterhappyhourreview.com/Issues.html Collaborating with After Happy Hour was an absolute pleasure, and one of the most professional outfits I’ve had the pleasure of working with so far. I also did a short interview for them HERE. This story was once described by a good friend of mine…

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    female writers, feminist horror, feminist lit, fiction, literary magazines, sarah oechsle, slipstream
  • July 21, 2025

    White Bear in Black Cat Weekly

    Friends, allies, My short story, “The White Bear,” will appear in the upcoming edition of Black Cat Weekly. This was a fun one that I really believed no one would want, but they liked it enough to request revisions and made the story better for it. The story is about a king, a mutant baby,…

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    fiction, medieval fiction, publication, sarah oechsle, speculative fiction, The White Bear
  • June 8, 2025

    Dolls After Happy Hour

    Emptiness of Space, It’s been a while since an update, and in that time, my old piece “Dollhouse,” formerly RealGirl, has been selected by the cool cats at the After Happy Hour Review for inclusion in their August issue. More to come.

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  • February 11, 2025

    Satan Rides (Girls Who Love the Devil) Again!

    Friends, My short story titled “Girls Who Love the Devil” was selected for publication in a new anthology by Hellbound Books, and was released last weekend! Mine is the twentieth of twenty hellish tales, and features Renaissance shenanigans, mystery psychadelics, and, you guessed it, girls who love the devil. Once again, the work was submitted…

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  • November 22, 2024

    The Southernmost Point Re: Ploughshares

    Dearest gentle reader, You heard me: THAT Ploughshares. I am speechless to say that my short story “The Southernmost Point” has been accepted for publication in the Fall 2026 long-form edition of Ploughshares. The story is one of my favorites and is much more literary than my usual clawing and screaming, but it’s still got high…

    literary
    female writers, literary magazines, literature, ploughshares, update
  • November 22, 2024

    Avalon (the Unicorn)

    Hey there. My short story, Avalon, has recently been published in the Heavy Feather Review. It’s an honor to have my work selected by a great publication. This marks my first published work of fiction, which is a relief and a point of pride. It is perhaps a point of mild shame that my first…

    Horror
    Avalon, female horror, female rage story, feminine rage, feminist horror, horror short story, unicorn short story