Annie is a novelist, blogger, nationally award-winning poet, and two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story author. Her debut novella, The Extra, releases 9/9/25, and her debut collection, You Have to Let Them Bleed, is set for early 2026. Also forthcoming: The Other (2026) and The Spare (2027).
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Tag Archives: poem
A Blade and a Revamp
A Blade Where are all the girls named Junior? Tell me why only boys. Tell me why I would not give my name directly to my daughter? Tell me about pride, power, and humility, about women sharp as knives afraid … Continue reading
Sometimes the Beauty is in the Falling
Today I’m reprinting a poem for you. “Sometimes the Beauty is in the Falling” was first published in Encore: Prize Poems 2018 by National Federation of State Poetry Societies (along with two of my other poems). Unfortunately, when I went to … Continue reading
The Lurking
This poem will be published in Collections VI, an anthology of the 2016 Merging Visions Exhibit by the Denton Poets’ Assembly and Visual Arts Society of Texas. I’m looking forward to seeing the art created to pair with it! The … Continue reading
The Hadal Zone
This poem was first published in the National Federation of State Poetry Societies’ 2014 prize anthology Encore. I hope you enjoy! The Hadal Zone We humans dabble in the waves lanced with sunlight, rarely swimming down to the layer known … Continue reading
Picnic
In honor of National Poetry Month, I thought I’d reprint one of my poems here. This little poem was first published in Encore: Prize Poems of the NFSPS 2013 published by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. It’s one … Continue reading
