Elia Karra

Author and filmmaker. MFA in Creative Writing from Lindenwood University. My Bacon number is 3, but if I try hard enough, I might finally make it a 0.

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Selected work (9 publications)

The Daily Drunk, 2022

My Bacon Number Is 3, But If I Try Hard Enough, It May Soon Be 0I, too, wanted to glide through a warehouse, a modern Hermes suspended mid-air not by the wings on his sandals, but by the sheer force of teenage angst and a burning desire to dance.

The Octopus That Controls My Body Is AngryWe met at a fancy restaurant and she was served to me on a porcelain dish, porcelain tentacles writhing, a tiny thing.

The Thing About Two-Time Freestyle Skateboard Champion Mike Osterman Is That If You Ask Him to Walk the Dog, You’ll Have Piss All Over Your HouseYou don’t know when his hair turned gray or if yours is gray, too. The wheels are all gone, and the trucks rip out morsels of tar from the ground with every swing of the board, shoot them through the air like confetti.

The Way of the Poncho CultWhen Gerard Way steps on the tiny Gröna Lund stage in Stockholm on June 14, 2022, he is wearing what appears to be a holy poncho from another dimension.

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