we once lived in caves

I have a new story up on Lunch Ticket today. It’s a weird little thing about frogfish and how past trauma can haunt you in odd ways. Read it here.

Hi there. So, 2020, huh? Anyway, here is a short interview I did earlier this year with Speaking of Marvels, who does the cool thing of letting his students interview authors about chapbooks. https://spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2020/10/20/khristian-mecom/

A million thanks to the lovely folks at Platypus Press for publishing my story “The Hum.” They were a joy to work with (especially the color-coded editing process!).

Hey there! You can now pre-order my chapbook, Things That Cannot Be Tamed! Introduced by Lidia Yuknavitch Things That Cannot Be Tamed explores three generations of women as they survive, struggle, and thrive in a harsh and beautiful Alaskan landscape. These stories wonder and interrogate — does the place you’re from intrinsically define you? Or…

Greetings! I have a small interview and excerpt from my chapbook, “Things That Cannot Be Tamed,” up at HoneySuckle Press! It’s my first interview, and I got asked some really great questions. Read it HERE.  

Things That Cannot Be Tamed is a semi-finalist!

My chapbook, A Catalogue of Our Native Monsters, is a finalist in Iron Horse Literary Review’s chapbook contest.

Way back in 2011, my story “Nobody Likes The Other Guy” was published by Spectrum, my very first print publication. This year I had the honor of having that story reprinted in Spectrum’s 60th Anniversary Anthology! (Image from Spectrum’s FB page.)

The mysterious Bigfoot makes an appearance in my new short story, “A Diagram of the Unexplained.” Available from SPD Books. It began with the Sighting—that was what Violet called it. With the great impact the event had on her life, she felt as if it needed a proper name. After all, nothing would have happened…

My first book Love & Black Holes is now available here. The formation of a black hole in Penelope’s living room leads her to the end of her relationship with her boyfriend, Oliver—an end which she may or may not have caused by pushing him into said black hole. But the black hole persists, even…