Publications

BOOKS

inVISIBLE, Experimental Chapbook, Alien Buddha Press, October 2022 (order online)

RECOGNITION

“FitYou,” Experimental Fiction, Emanations: Zen, Pushcart Prize nominee 2024

“31427,” 3rd Place winner, Cosmic Horror Monthly Microfiction Contest, January 2022

“Memento Mori,” Flash Fiction, Semi-Finalist, American Short(er) Fiction Contest 2020

FICTION

“Warm Because They Toast Them,” Short Story, Make Your Presence Known (Anthology), Spring 2024 (order online)

“Eigengrau,” Short Story, Ghostlight: The Magazine of Terror, Fall 2023 (order online)

“John Henry Ain’t,” Short Story, Pyre Magazine, Winter 2023/24 (order online)

“Solanum,” Flash Fiction, Five South, October 2023 (online)

“FitYou,” Experimental Fiction, Emanations: Zen, October 2023 (order online)

“Closure,” Flash Fiction, Flyover Country, June 2023 (online)

“999,” Flash Fiction, DarkWinter Lit, September 2022 (online)

“31427,” Microfiction, Cosmic Horror Monthly (print and online); 3rd Place winner, January 2022 Microfiction Contest

“Roger,” Short Story, Downstate Story Vol XXX, December 2021 (online)

“Reminiscor,” Flash Fiction, Night Picnic Journal, Vol 3 Issue 4, October 2021 (print and online)

CREATIVE NONFICTION

“Keepsakes,” Micro CNF, Salamander #57 (order online)

“Pollywogs,” Flash CNF, Corvus Review, Issue 17, Winter ’21-’22 (online)

“The No Makeup Makeover for Pandemics, Quarantines, and Every Day Looks,” Flash CNF, Suburban Witchcraft Magazine, October 2022 (online)

POETRY

“Tornado Season,” Lucky Jefferson: Ember, 2024 (print)

“Fire Season,” Paperbark #4, January 2023 (print)

“Eight Synonyms for Shroud,” The Deadlands, January 2023 (online)

“Relishing a Green Tomato,” The Hyacinth Review, April 2022 (online)

“The Marigold,” The Hyacinth Review, June 2022 (online)

OTHER RESEARCH, WORKSHOPS, AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Conference Talk. “‘The Urge to Destroy Is Also a Creative Urge’: Artist Exploitation and Hallucinations of Abundance.” ASAP/15, NYC, October 2024

Teacher-Consultant, National Writing Project, June 2024

Volunteer Reader. 2023 & 2024 Firecracker Awards for Independently Published Literature, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)

Volunteer Reader, The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, 2024

Guest Lecture. “Pynchon’s Sexy Lamps: Categorizing Femininity, Feminism, and Universality with Pynchon’s ‘Accessible’ Women.” University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Spring 2023

Conference Talk. “A Postcritical Reading of Mathematics as the Organizing Principle in Against the Day.” International Pynchon Week 2022, University of British Columbia, 6-10 June 2022

Certificate in Teaching Pathways: How to Teach Grammar, British Council, September 2022

Five-Year Substitute Teaching License, Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Tutor, English as a Second Language, Literacy DuPage

Member, ASAP: The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present

Member, Society for Novel Studies

EDITOR

Associate Editor, TeacherCertificationDegrees.com

Associate Editor, CounselingDegreeGuide.org

Visit my portfolio site, https://www.lauramcpherson.me/, if you’re interested in my work as an instructional designer and editor.

SELECTED NONFICTION

Online Learning, University of New Orleans

How to Become a Counselor: A Guide to Licensure, CounselingDegreeGuide.org

Psychology Career Center, PsychologyDegree411.com

“Survey Maker Showdown: Google Forms vs. Survey Monkey,” Zapier

“9 Style Guides that Advance the Brand Experience,” Zapier

“5 Ways to Break Down Organizational Silos,” Zapier

“Noble Energy: Now a Strong Stock on New Focus,” Seeking Alpha