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    Shoshana

    she/her | Writer, reader | Oregon, United States

    Shoshana is a writer of folksy, feminist, and fantastical stories hailing from the Willamette Valley. Her work has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Maudlin House, and 45th Parallel, among other publications. When she's not writing, she's country-western dancing and trying to stop her pet rat from destroying all her stuff.

    Selected work
    • Fiction

      11

    • Nonfiction

      4

    Cover of Maudlin House

    The Welfare Queens Go to Pluto

    Maudlin House, 2025

    Fiction
    Flash
    Science Fiction
    Cover of null

    Stories that Change the World

    2025

    Nonfiction
    Essay
    Cover of The Solitude Diaries

    The Raven of the Western Ridge

    The Solitude Diaries, 2025

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Fantasy
    Cover of Beneath Ceaseless Skies

    The Beloved Sisters of the Sun-Bleached Hills

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 2024

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Fantasy
    Cover of 45th Parallel

    The Salvation of Aftenborg

    45th Parallel , 2024

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Science Fiction
    Cover of ActiveMuse

    Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

    ActiveMuse, 2024

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Literary
    Cover of Corvid Queen

    The Seven Brides of the Robber Bridegroom

    Corvid Queen, 2023

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Folklore
    Cover of Apricity Magazine

    Snow White and Rose Red

    Apricity Magazine, 2023

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Folklore
    Cover of PRISM (Oregon State University)

    AI Girlfriends

    PRISM (Oregon State University), 2024

    Fiction
    Flash
    Science Fiction
    Cover of PRISM (Oregon State University)

    If the Shoe Fits

    PRISM (Oregon State University), 2024

    Fiction
    Flash
    Folklore
    Cover of Crosscurrents (University of Puget Sound)

    Rivkah's Arguably Bad Day

    Crosscurrents (University of Puget Sound), 2020

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Absurdist
    Cover of Crosscurrents (Oregon State University)

    A Eulogy for a Mermaid

    Crosscurrents (Oregon State University), 2022

    Fiction
    Micro
    Folklore
    Cover of PRISM (Oregon State University)

    Reflecting on Cait Corrain’s review-bombing scandal: why did we give Goodreads so much power, anyway?

    PRISM (Oregon State University), 2024

    Nonfiction
    Essay
    Literary Journalism
    Cover of PRISM (Oregon State University)

    An Actual College Student’s Response to ‘The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books’: Work with Us, Don’t Fight Us

    PRISM (Oregon State University), 2024

    Nonfiction
    Essay
    Opinion
    Cover of PRISM (Oregon State University)

    Elitist, Sure, But Also Wildly Irresponsible: Why The English Field Needs to Stop Ignoring Popular Fiction

    PRISM (Oregon State University), 2025

    Nonfiction
    Essay
    Opinion