“Carmen Maria Machado’s stories build and build until they surround and ensnare, and at the end you’re always glad to be all tangled up.” – NPR

I write genre-bending literary fiction and personal essays. I write about sex, sexual agency, sexual violence, sexual oppression, desire, queerness, the female experience, illness & death, pop culture, hypochondria, the uncanny, the human body & its fragility, storytelling, myths, and fear. My writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, AGNI, Los Angeles Review of Books, and NPR, and I’ve been nominated for a Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award.

Here is what I'm hoping will happen: the funding from my patrons will permit me to forgo certain freelancing assignments, which will in turn free me up to work more on my short fiction and novels - drafts and excerpts of which will be available to certain pledge levels. I will also be using this funding to travel to events, get me through the summer (adjuncts don't receive summer pay), and cover some of my bills.

All patrons will receive a monthly newsletter, which will include original microfiction, news and updates about my work, a writing prompt, and anything else that's been inspiring me. Certain levels will also have access to in-progress drafts and excerpts, and at the upper echelons of pledging there will be access to a monthly Q&A and manuscript consultations.

Thank you for your support!