Writing
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Jess is a writer of speculative fiction and sci-fi, poetry, and cultural commentary. Their stories, interviews and reviews have been published across a range of platforms and they are currently working on a large body of work. Jess is represented by Rory Clarke at Andrew Nurnberg Associates.
Thank God in the Acknowledgments
Short story, published in Extra Teeth (Issue 1). 2019.
Marriage Problems.
Short story, published in seed head by Spread the Word, edited by Olumide Popoola. 2021.
Erotic Computer: Janelle Monáe’s Black queer femme representation through the lens of Audre Lorde’s writing
Essay, published in The Bi-Bible: New Testimonials by Monstrous Regiment. 2019.
No, Next Time
Poem, published in The Colour of Madness: Mental Health in Technicolour, edited by Samara Linton and Rianna Walcott. 2022.
Thank God in the Acknowledgments
Short story, re-published in The Best of British Fantasy 2019, edited by Jared Shurin. 2019.
Online
Response: Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden
(Publishing Scotland, 2022)
A Response to Angelou on Burns
(Glasgow Film Festival, 2021)
Creating Space: Fringe of Colour
(The Skinny, 2019)
Alongside low pay, Edinburgh Fringe must confront its majority-white audience problem
(Gal-dem, 2019)