Author @SatEvePost @pleiadesmag & @new_letters . MFA ‘26 @UMKC in KCMO. Occasional Motion/Graphics Designer.
Joined October 2016
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Wildly honored to be featured in @pleiadesmag . Read my short story “Jordan” and how it came to be at the 🔗 in my bio.
Thank you to Beth Ward for the stellar interview and Bernd Dittrich for the 📸
Pretty excited to teach "Writing Horror & the Supernatural" at Heartland Book Fest this Saturday, Oct. 3. Join me for this FREE creative writing class.* 🎃
I'm teaching stories by the incomparable Ray Bradbury and John Wiswell.
* heartlandbookfest.org/brando…
Coyote vs. Acme was pretty wonderful. Smart script about way more than cartoons, without sacrificing one watt of the Looney Tunes lunacy I’ve always loved.
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Go support this high-concept, high-caliber entertainment before it leaves theaters.
Excited to share I’ve started a new position as Content Proofreader at @ifocusmktg .
I’m enjoying creating content briefs for our writers, and putting my internal grammar nerd to work for a good cause. Onward!
Wildly excited about the opportunity to attend Sewanee Writers’ Conference this July as a fiction participant.
This conference is renowned for a reason: the faculty are top-tier. But I might be most excited to meet other writers who are as obsessed by narrative as I am.
I received my MFA from the @UMKC Creative Writing Program this weekend, and I’ve met some of the best people in this cohort, colleagues who have challenged me in the best ways.
Friends past and future, I’m not leaving KC. This isn’t an ending, just the next chapter.
Another amazing local bookstore, @MacdonaldBooks in Estes Park. 📚 Nothing can match the ambiance, service, and history of these gems. Shop local!
Checked in to Room 217 at @StanleyHotelCO today. 🗝️🪓Setting is everything in fiction; no wonder Stephen King was inspired by this amazing hotel.
A thoroughly hilarious, erudite evening with Henry Goldkamp at @newmaterialkcmo . 🤡 Bravo, all involved, and thanks for the invite, @alex_tretbar .
2/21 at 6pm I’ll be reading along with my fellow @UMKC colleagues at Turnsol Books! It’s a Valentine’s Day/romance theme, so I’ll be sharing an excerpt from my story “The Hand Model.” Should be a blast!
Got a chance to visit our library friends across the state line @jocolibrary today! Beautiful facility, and an entire genealogical section at the Central Resource Library for any of the Writers for Readers students who've taken my family history class.
Another @KCLibrary creative writing class, another amazing cohort. So honored to teach these incredible writers in our community! ❤️
A pair of songs that made me weep (in the best way) this morning. This world is a disaster in so many ways, and an unmitigated miracle in so many others.
I cannot shake the belief love holds it all together, and that is enough for now. 🌎
Free creative writing classes begin again at @KCLibrary next week, some taught by yours truly. I hope you can join me!
You can find the full lineup here: kclibrary.org/news/2025-12/s…
Miyazaki is one of favorite artistic influences. What he has done for worldwide animation is incredible.
Visited the stellar folks at The Story House Bookstore in Springfield today, and added 2 books to my collection I’ve been after for a while.
Brian and A.J. tell me there are some exciting plans in store for this space: a theater, workshops, partnerships with local universities!
Honored to be participating in this reading on January 10 at Artskc - Regional Arts Council . I’ll be reading a short fiction piece on grief but the main event is a book release by Brian Bulger.
Tix at brianbulgermusic.com
I read 39 books this year (a record for me). 🍾
Much literary love to @joel_whitney @ConnieSquires @Wsterrell to name just a few. ❤️
Plus, I got to meet one of my literary heroes, the inimitable Karen Russell, courtesy of @RainyDayBooks !
A year ago I wrote a story that ended up in the @SatEvePost about my childhood memories of Christmas caroling.
saturdayeveningpost.com/2025…
Leo and Margaret Porter were two of the kindest people I met as a child…
Read the rest here: brandallen.substack.com/p/di…