M.S. Dean

She/Her. Graduate student in genetics. Writing speculative fiction short stories and the occasional essay. Trying to find a way to see twice as many stars without having to grow a second head.

2024"Pilgrim of Worlds", Scissor Sisters Anthology, January 2024 (Fiction)"Between the Flickers", Gamut Magazine, June 2024 (Fiction)2023"Only Kings and Doves", Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May 2023 (Fiction)"In the Blooming Footprints", Fusion Fragment, June 2023 (Fiction)"Come Back, Crocodile Bird", khōréō, June 2023 (Fiction)"The Maze of Many Faces", Hexagon (December 2023)2022"Private Viewing", Just Femme & Dandy, January 2022 (Nonfiction)"Drowning Songs", Anathema Magazine, May 2022 (Fiction) - Reviewed in Locus Magazine, Tor Nightfire, Apex Magazine. Anthologized in We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022