Jalyn Renae Fiske is an author, editor, educator, and librarian. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College in 2017. That same year, she began her tenure as Fiction Editor for James Gunn's Ad Astra magazine and also served as Editor-in-Chief for The Pitkin Review and editor for Clockhouse.
Jalyn writes fantastical speculative fiction that is at times dark, horrific, or whimsical, but always immersive. She likes to explore different social constructs and systems in her worldbuilding and encourages the reader to ask--why is it that way? Could it be different? Should it be?
Her short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in such publications as The Science Fiction Tarot anthology, Allegory, Wyldblood, Mythaxis, Fabled Planet, and Sword and Sorceries Vol. 7 among others. Her first short story collection, Side Quest: Stories, was released in November.
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See her front-page feature in the Midland Reporter Telegram here and here.
Check out her interview with West Texas Wordsmith.
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And her reading of "Verity's Faery Teas" on YouTube.