Kelly Esparza is a freelance editor and writer who holds BAs in English and Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. She is the EIC of FLARE Magazine (also on chill subs). Her poetry chapbook, A SPOONIE'S GUIDE TO SELF-ACCEPTANCE, is published by Bottlecap Press (2025). Her novel excerpt of her latest book, an adult speculative mystery, is a semi-finalist for the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards for the fiction category.
Books
Selected work
blistered by Kelly Esparza | redrosethorns publications | mental health
redrosethorns.com, 2026
vol 7 i.1 - Ink In Thirds
Ink In Thirds, 2026
to the core - Exclamation Mark Literary Journal
Exclamation Mark Literary Journal, 2026
“How to Become a Butterfly” by Kelly Esparza
The Orange Rose Literary Magazine, 2025
"Live Like Adrian"
Prosetrics The Literary Magazine, 2026
"A Kiss With a Stranger" (Longer flash for holiday anthology)
Micromance Magazine, 2025
"A Kiss With a Stranger" (Short Version for the lit mag)
Micromance Magazine, 2025
"Chaos & Cacophony"
Soon
Wishbone Words
"Dear Delia"
Micromance Magazine, 2025
"Call This Kismet"
Micromance Magazine, 2025
"You Say I Have Anxiety Like It's Only a Bad Thing"
Serotonin Press, 2025
"The Other Me"
Prosetrics The Literary Magazine, 2025
"The Day We Met"
Soon
Micromance Magazine
"The Bus Stop"
Micromance Magazine, 2025
"Dear Delia"
Micromance Magazine, 2025
"Past Life" and "The Beginning of Us"
Prosetrics The Literary Magazine, 2025
