Poems, short stories, experimental fiction, research papers, and photography. Each piece of writing is paired with its own watercolor pigment.
A selection of short poems.
An elegy for childhood belief, from the creature under the bed to the visitors above it.
PR83 · Alizarin CrimsonA short, graphic poem about having an appendix removed.
PBk9 · Ivory BlackA pianist finishes his performance in a dark, empty hall.
PR233 · Potter's PinkA poem about grief, and the fear of healing so completely that the loss is forgotten.
PV19 · Quinacridone RoseTrying on other people's lives, one secondhand jacket at a time, in a vintage clothing store.
Standalone short fiction.
On New Year's Eve 2199, a corporation is about to reveal what happens after death. Six people wait out the final countdown.
PR108 · Cadmium RedIn a world where everyone is born with a red thread that points to their destiny, Taylor was born without one.
PY97 · Hansa YellowA tennis player serves for his first Grand Slam title while memories of his wife and childhood pull at him.
Five pieces, each inspired by a different animist tradition studied in the Theoretical Apparatus paper.
A grieving writer retreats to a remote winter cabin and slowly forms an unexpected bond with the frozen stream nearby.
PO20 · Cadmium OrangeA poem that follows one soul through its lives as a tree, a fire, and a bird.
PG23 · Terre VerteA haibun told from a tree's point of view as a human visitor gradually becomes part of its world.
PG17 · Chromium Oxide GreenAfter crop failures and strange disappearances strike a Khasi village, a grandson rediscovers the traditions his generation left behind.
PBr7 · Burnt UmberA story written as a formal legal document: a land spirit serves an eviction warning to the human family living on its land.
Academic writing on literature and environmental philosophy.
An essay asking whether Ye Wen Jie of The Three-Body Problem can be held morally responsible for her betrayal of humanity, with a comparison to Ted Kaczynski.
PY43 · Yellow OchreA research paper surveying five animist traditions — Ojibwe, Runa, Aboriginal, Maluku, and Khasi — and how each one can inform creative writing.
Street scenes, light, and texture. Select a photograph to view it larger.