Books - Other Publications
"Alex Down the Meerkat-Hole" is a short story by Rik Mazolli featuring a young, nonbinary drummer who accidentally stumbles into an anxious meerkat, a very queer Mad Hatter, and a battle of the bands for the ages. It was published in 2024 under the name LMZ in the anthology Queens in Wonderland from No Bad Books Press.
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"Maps for Getting Lost" is a short story by Rik Mazolli about succumbing to and embracing creativity. It was published in The NonBinary Review, Issue 35: Old Friends in 2024.
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"Bioluminescence" is an autobiographical essay weaving together memories past and present through lights, music, water, photographs, and disappointment retiring to become hope.
Just turn if to hope, and there you are. Stars.
It was published in the literary and photography journal Bella Grace: Issue 39 in 2024 under the name R. K. Emerson.
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