(they/them) horror-obsessed writer of fiction, nonfiction, plays, poetry, and genre-burning things which you can find on my website. my work's been featured in publications such as Diagram, The Sonora Review, Human Parts, Waxwing (my own favorite piece of mine tbh), The LA Times, Driftwood Press, and more. I'm from Los Angeles (hence, why I like to write what I call teenage-girl-noir!) and received my BA with Honors in English and Gender/Sexuality Studies from UPenn, where my original feminist-monster-campiness-fest of a play was also produced (named after a Phoebe Bridgers song <3). I mostly write on heartmouth, my substack—it's my repository for the more *inchoate* musings, if you'd like to subscribe (+paid subscribers = i love you!). I love Shirley Jackson, boygenius, Laura Palmer's ghost, salty desserts and mycelial networks. yes I'm queer.

find me on IG as @heart.mouth and on twitter as @sofesears