About

Laura’s creative work has appeared in such publications as Night Picnic, Cosmic Horror Monthly, The Deadlands, and Paperbark. Her experimental short fiction “FitYou,” which appeared in Emanations: Zen, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her flash fiction “Memento Mori” was a Semi-Finalist in the 2020 American Short(er) Fiction Contest.

Laura presented her original paper “A Postcritical Reading of Mathematics as the Organizing Principle in Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day” at the 2022 International Pynchon Week conference at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. In October 2024, she will be presenting her paper “‘The Urge to Destroy is also a Creative Urge’: Artist Exploitation and Hallucinations of Abundance” at ASAP/15 in New York City.

Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts in Career and Technical Education and History from Eastern New Mexico University, a post-baccalaureate Certificate in Writing from the University of California, Berkeley, and post-baccalaureate Certificates in Conversational French and Practical French from the University of Toronto. She is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans and a post-baccalaureate certificate in Instructional Design at the University of Miami. She rarely sleeps.

Reach out for:

• E-learning design and development
  • Visit Laura’s portfolio site for more about the work that keeps the lights on
• Nonfiction and fiction editing
• Resume and presentation consulting
• Discussing the unbridled hubris of having a rock from Aleister Crowley’s house on your bookshelf