Publications and Media Appearances

Books

• Grey Dawn: A Tale of Abolition and Union. Houston: Balance of Seven Press, 2020.
• Confluence: A Person-Shaped Story. Houston: Balance of Seven Press, 2022.

Short Fiction

• “Hatsumōde: A Confluence Story,” in Queer for the New Year. Balance of Seven Press, 2022.
• “Chinode-matsuri,” in Ab Terra 2020. Brain Mill Press, 2020.
• “All that Remains,” in Queers Who Don’t Quit. Queer Pack Publishing, 2020.
• “Shivers,” in Rogues: Before and Beyond. Balance of Seven Press, 2019.
• “Grey Dawn Breaking,” in Rogues and Wild Fire. Balance of Seven Press, 2018.
• “The Gateway,” in ImageOutWrite Vol. 6. 2018.
• “Oshima,” in Utter Fabrication. Mad Scientist Journal, 2017.
• “First Light at Dawn,” in Queerly Loving: Vol. 1. Queer Pack Publishing, 2017.
• “In the Vale,” in The Copperfield Review, 2017.
• “Parking Lot,” in TQ Review Vol. 2, 2017.

Awards, Recognition, and Nominations

• “Curtains in the Breeze,” First place, Fountain Magazine 2017 essay contest
• “Chinode-matsuri,” Nominated for the Pushcart Prize, 2021.
• Grey Dawn, won 2021 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite.
• Grey Dawn, listed by the Queer Armenian Library as the first novel written by an Armenian-American lesbian.
• Confluence, nominated for 2022 Nebula Award, added to SFWA Reading List .

Memoir

• “Curtains in the Breeze,” in Fountain Magazine,13 September 2018.
• “The Armenians of Pittsburgh,” in Queer Around the World. Qommunicate Publishing, 2018.
• “Homeward Road,” in Con-course Vol. 1. Plurality Press, 2017.
• “Grit, Grace, and Grounds,” in TQ Review vol. 2, 2017.

Nonfiction

• “The Indomitable Lady Onami of Sukagawa,” in Unseen Japan. Sept. 3, 2021.
• “A Forgotten Samurai Energy Drink,” in Unseen Japan. Aug. 23, 2021.
• “A Forgotten Tohoku Tree War and an Enduring Rivalry,” in Unseen Japan. Aug. 17, 2021
• “The Lone Woman of Kokura,” in Nursing Clio. March 26, 2020.
• “Mundane and Divine Intertwined,” in Gods and Radicals. June 2018.
• “In Praise of Messy” (Backmatter for Kim & Kim: Love is a Battlefield Issue 3). Black Mask Studios, 2017.
• “Combat Artist: Finding Koike Chikyoku.” in Gutsy Broads, July 2017.
• “Three Photographs,” in Inklette Magazine. 2017
• “What Charley Longfellow Saw.” in Metropolis Japan. 2017.
• “Warrior Wet Nurse, Teacher of Dragons.” in Gutsy Broads. April 2017.
• “Diana Apcar: One Gutsy Voice for a Dying People.” in Gutsy Broads. April 2017.
• “Sharpshooter, Educator, Nurse, Hero,” in Gutsy Broads. February 2017.

Podcasts

• “Implosion,” Ep. 107 of Podcast 13
• “The Ninja Who Met James Buchanan,” on Outlaw History
• “Japanese History, the Civil War in Pennsylvania, and Writing Historically Based Fiction,” on Evoking History
• “Japanese-US Maritime Intersections in the 1860s,” Sea Control Ep. 163 from CIMSEC
• “The Shogunate Navy,” Preble Hall Episode 22
• “Shogun 2, The Last Samurai, and Western Misconceptions,” Ep. 109 of Lions Led by Donkeys
• “Interview with Nyri Bakkalian,” Ep. 50b/175 of the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

Public Lectures and Stage Shows

• “The Armenians of Pittsburgh” (WordPlay, 2017)
• “Get Your History the Anime Way” (Tekko 2018)
• “Animal-Person Caricatures” (Anthrocon 2019)
• “Tohoku Krampus: Get to Know the Namahage of Northern Japan” (Anthrocon 2020, canceled due to COVID)
• “Grey Dawn” (ECSC, October 2020)
• “Grey Dawn” (WPAFW, October 2020)
• “Coffee Talk” (WPAFW, October 2020)
• “An Introduction to Edo period Erotica” (WPAFW, October 2022)
• “Tohoku Krampus” (Anthrocon 2022)
• “A Safety Briefing on Kitsune” (WPAFW, October 2022)

Graphic Design Portfolio

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Design for Benjamin Linzy (twitter.com/bendangerously)

Badge design for Carnegie Mellon University KGB  (cmukgb.org)