Recent Reads #36 | Sci-fi, good poetry, & a lot of mixed feelings @ShaelinWrites
Recent Reads #36 | Sci-fi, good poetry, & a lot of mixed feelings  @ShaelinWrites
Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
THE BOOKS:
0:00 - Intro
1:33 - White Teeth by Kristin Arnett (goodreads.com/en/book/show/56160395)
2:57 - Love After the End by Joshua Whitehead (goodreads.com/en/book/show/49755834)
4:51 - Magma by Thora Hjörleifsdóttir (goodreads.com/en/book/show/56233831)
6:11 - Pilgrim Bell by Kaveh Akbar (goodreads.com/en/book/show/54785508)
7:21 - Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados (goodreads.com/en/book/show/54173267)
9:42 - Tower by Bae Myung-hoon (goodreads.com/en/book/show/54609416)
10:57 - Red Pill by Hari Kunzru (goodreads.com/en/book/show/49188384)
12:21 - Shiner by Amy Jo Burns (goodreads.com/en/book/show/45697147)
14:10 - Trust Exercise by Susan Choi (goodreads.com/en/book/show/52381081)
15:57 - Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan (goodreads.com/book/show/49535227-acts-of-desperation)

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☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live
☾Wishbone - video reading: vimeo.com/420052282
☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden
☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-till-i-see-the-light
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☾Zugzwang - Plenitude: plenitudemagazine.ca/zugzwang
☾Elise Holding a Deer Mouse, 1829 - CAROUSEL: carouselmagazine.ca/c45-bishop
☾How You'll Feel After the War - PRISM international: prismmagazine.ca/2021/10/20/prism-60-1-wonder

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→How long have you been writing? - Since I was 8
→Where do you live? - I keep that private for safety reasons, but I grew up in Vancouver.
→Where did you go to university and what did you study? - I keep my university information private, but I majored in writing with a concentration in fiction.
→What are your pronouns? - They/them or she/her
→Where can I read your books? - None of my books are published yet, but you can read my published short fiction in my linktree (linked above!)
→So when will your book be published? - I don’t know! I’m in the revision process right now, but I can’t predict exactly when I’ll have a book published. But I’m working on it!
→Do you plan to traditionally publish or self publish? - Traditionally publish
→Will you read my book/story/chapter/mentor me? - Unfortunately I cannot accommodate these requests because editing/critiquing is a labour intensive task that I can’t afford to do for free alongside my job, my own writing, and running this platform. If you would like to hire me for paid editing work, contact me privately on twitter or instagram.

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Recent Reads #36 | Sci-fi, good poetry, & a lot of mixed feelings

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