Valerie Hughes’s work appears in 50 Give or Take, Queerlings, Thread Lit Mag by Chill Subs, and other publications. She was a member of PocketMFA’s Spring 2024 Cohort for Fiction.
Selected work
- Fiction
12
- Nonfiction
1

From the Archives: “Gone Already” by Kendra Y. Mims-Applewhite—Discussed by Valerie Hughes - The Masters Review
The Masters Review, 2025

Nectar
50 Give or Take, 2024

Wedding Shoes
101 Words, 2024

Every Night I Resurrect My Ex-Girlfriend
2024

Growing Girls
OVER/EXPOSED Lit, 2024

Bloody Mary Is A Lesbian
Queerlings Magazine, 2023

Ring of Desire
Swim Press, 2023

All of the Produce Is Going Bad
Thread (by Chill Subs), 2023

Neverland
Paragraph Planet, 2023

The Producer
3Elements Literary Review, 2023

The Lore of Rich Kid Drugs
2 Rules of Writing, 2023

Live Wire
Across the Margin, 2023

Breadcrumb #629
2020