Shira Lipkin has managed to convince Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine, Stone Telling, Clockwork Phoenix 4, and other otherwise-sensible magazines and anthologies to publish their work; two of their stories have been recognized as Million Writers Award Notable Stories, and they have won the Rhysling Award for best short poem. Their nonfiction has appeared at Salon. They credit luck, glitter eyeliner, and tenacity. They co-edit Liminality, a magazine of speculative poetry, with Mat Joiner. They live in Boston and, in their spare time, fight crime with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. Their cat is bigger than their dog.
“Becca at the End of the World”—Published in Apex Magazine, issue 53, October 2013...
Once upon a time, I thought I was a girl.
Once upon a time, I lived in a castle. Well, it wasn’t really a castle. It was a fortress...
I nestle the video camera on its makeshift tripod, carefully centering my daughter’s image. She tucks...
I am —
I am —
Oh, just ignore it, catches sometimes,
just a gear in my throat.
Just needs some polishing,
maybe descaling,
it...
When I was twenty years old, my best friends and I stepped off the edge of the world.
Michael died yesterday.
These two things...
The notebook is on your nightstand, and it's all that's left of her in the thin morning light. It's tattered—old blue cloth-covered...
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The waiter’s name is Valentine. He has long, slim fingers, and he writes down my order instead of pretending to commit it to...
