ALOCASIA
@alocasiamag.bsky.social
ALOCASIA: an online quarterly journal of queer plant-based writing
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ALOCASIA #15 is here w/ queer planty writing as autumn falls upon us!
w/ Chiara Di Lello, arushi (aera) rege, June Gervais, Ali C, Arbor Elliott, Linda Lamenza, james achusiogu, Sam Nartus-Fois tr. Camille Cornu, Julian Kanagy, & Gospel Chinedu
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w/ Chiara Di Lello, arushi (aera) rege, June Gervais, Ali C, Arbor Elliott, Linda Lamenza, james achusiogu, Sam Nartus-Fois tr. Camille Cornu, Julian Kanagy, & Gospel Chinedu
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Humans! Pre-orders are open for my chapbook, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL. Read more about it and grab your copy here:
www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/chil...
@gameoverbooks.bsky.social
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November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Humans! Pre-orders are open for my chapbook, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL. Read more about it and grab your copy here:
www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/chil...
@gameoverbooks.bsky.social
www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/chil...
@gameoverbooks.bsky.social
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Please join us for this fundraiser to help communities impacted by the devastating typhoon in Western Alaska!
ALOCASIA is honored to be holding two nights of virtual readings to benefit the Western Alaska Relief Fund, to support communities impacted by the recent typhoon.
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Please join us for this fundraiser to help communities impacted by the devastating typhoon in Western Alaska!
ALOCASIA is honored to be holding two nights of virtual readings to benefit the Western Alaska Relief Fund, to support communities impacted by the recent typhoon.
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
ALOCASIA is honored to be holding two nights of virtual readings to benefit the Western Alaska Relief Fund, to support communities impacted by the recent typhoon.
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
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Congratulations to ALOCASIA's 2026 Best Microfiction Nominees:
arushi (aera) rege
Zoe Reay-Ellers
Read their work: alocasia.org/issues/
arushi (aera) rege
Zoe Reay-Ellers
Read their work: alocasia.org/issues/
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Congratulations to ALOCASIA's 2026 Best Microfiction Nominees:
arushi (aera) rege
Zoe Reay-Ellers
Read their work: alocasia.org/issues/
arushi (aera) rege
Zoe Reay-Ellers
Read their work: alocasia.org/issues/
Congratulations to ALOCASIA's 2026 Best Microfiction Nominees:
arushi (aera) rege
Zoe Reay-Ellers
Read their work: alocasia.org/issues/
arushi (aera) rege
Zoe Reay-Ellers
Read their work: alocasia.org/issues/
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Congratulations to ALOCASIA's 2026 Best Microfiction Nominees:
arushi (aera) rege
Zoe Reay-Ellers
Read their work: alocasia.org/issues/
arushi (aera) rege
Zoe Reay-Ellers
Read their work: alocasia.org/issues/
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"They bulldozed the orchard last year, slapped down pavement,
planted a Texaco where the trees used to be. Some nights
you can still smell the fruit fermenting beneath the asphalt,
the air holding on like it remembers"
—Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
planted a Texaco where the trees used to be. Some nights
you can still smell the fruit fermenting beneath the asphalt,
the air holding on like it remembers"
—Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.” – ALOCASIA
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November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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"They bulldozed the orchard last year, slapped down pavement,
planted a Texaco where the trees used to be. Some nights
you can still smell the fruit fermenting beneath the asphalt,
the air holding on like it remembers"
—Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
planted a Texaco where the trees used to be. Some nights
you can still smell the fruit fermenting beneath the asphalt,
the air holding on like it remembers"
—Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.” – ALOCASIA
alocasia.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"They bulldozed the orchard last year, slapped down pavement,
planted a Texaco where the trees used to be. Some nights
you can still smell the fruit fermenting beneath the asphalt,
the air holding on like it remembers"
—Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
planted a Texaco where the trees used to be. Some nights
you can still smell the fruit fermenting beneath the asphalt,
the air holding on like it remembers"
—Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
"They bulldozed the orchard last year, slapped down pavement,
planted a Texaco where the trees used to be. Some nights
you can still smell the fruit fermenting beneath the asphalt,
the air holding on like it remembers"
—Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
planted a Texaco where the trees used to be. Some nights
you can still smell the fruit fermenting beneath the asphalt,
the air holding on like it remembers"
—Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.” – ALOCASIA
alocasia.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"They bulldozed the orchard last year, slapped down pavement,
planted a Texaco where the trees used to be. Some nights
you can still smell the fruit fermenting beneath the asphalt,
the air holding on like it remembers"
—Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
planted a Texaco where the trees used to be. Some nights
you can still smell the fruit fermenting beneath the asphalt,
the air holding on like it remembers"
—Ali C :: “pyramus: root & ghost.”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
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"Tomorrow,
I’ll wake up three hours late,
with no memory of my list,
wracked by the guilt of opportunity costs
and neglected responsibility. It took a year and a half
to kill my cactus but
I’m not great at watering myself either."
—Julian Kanagy
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
I’ll wake up three hours late,
with no memory of my list,
wracked by the guilt of opportunity costs
and neglected responsibility. It took a year and a half
to kill my cactus but
I’m not great at watering myself either."
—Julian Kanagy
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
Julian Kanagy :: “Tomorrow” – ALOCASIA
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November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Tomorrow,
I’ll wake up three hours late,
with no memory of my list,
wracked by the guilt of opportunity costs
and neglected responsibility. It took a year and a half
to kill my cactus but
I’m not great at watering myself either."
—Julian Kanagy
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
I’ll wake up three hours late,
with no memory of my list,
wracked by the guilt of opportunity costs
and neglected responsibility. It took a year and a half
to kill my cactus but
I’m not great at watering myself either."
—Julian Kanagy
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
"Tomorrow,
I’ll wake up three hours late,
with no memory of my list,
wracked by the guilt of opportunity costs
and neglected responsibility. It took a year and a half
to kill my cactus but
I’m not great at watering myself either."
—Julian Kanagy
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
I’ll wake up three hours late,
with no memory of my list,
wracked by the guilt of opportunity costs
and neglected responsibility. It took a year and a half
to kill my cactus but
I’m not great at watering myself either."
—Julian Kanagy
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
Julian Kanagy :: “Tomorrow” – ALOCASIA
alocasia.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Tomorrow,
I’ll wake up three hours late,
with no memory of my list,
wracked by the guilt of opportunity costs
and neglected responsibility. It took a year and a half
to kill my cactus but
I’m not great at watering myself either."
—Julian Kanagy
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
I’ll wake up three hours late,
with no memory of my list,
wracked by the guilt of opportunity costs
and neglected responsibility. It took a year and a half
to kill my cactus but
I’m not great at watering myself either."
—Julian Kanagy
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
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"10 ..the tomato plants still swell with fruit
11 and the pineapple sage sprouts scarlet flowers
12 but three minutes into dinner, the sun pulls
13 an Irish goodbye. Let this be the year
14 I don’t go with it"
—June Gervais :: “Forty Rows of Rosemary”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
11 and the pineapple sage sprouts scarlet flowers
12 but three minutes into dinner, the sun pulls
13 an Irish goodbye. Let this be the year
14 I don’t go with it"
—June Gervais :: “Forty Rows of Rosemary”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
June Gervais :: “Forty Rows of Rosemary” and “Love poem as virgin cocktail recipe” – ALOCASIA
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November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"10 ..the tomato plants still swell with fruit
11 and the pineapple sage sprouts scarlet flowers
12 but three minutes into dinner, the sun pulls
13 an Irish goodbye. Let this be the year
14 I don’t go with it"
—June Gervais :: “Forty Rows of Rosemary”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
11 and the pineapple sage sprouts scarlet flowers
12 but three minutes into dinner, the sun pulls
13 an Irish goodbye. Let this be the year
14 I don’t go with it"
—June Gervais :: “Forty Rows of Rosemary”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
"10 ..the tomato plants still swell with fruit
11 and the pineapple sage sprouts scarlet flowers
12 but three minutes into dinner, the sun pulls
13 an Irish goodbye. Let this be the year
14 I don’t go with it"
—June Gervais :: “Forty Rows of Rosemary”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
11 and the pineapple sage sprouts scarlet flowers
12 but three minutes into dinner, the sun pulls
13 an Irish goodbye. Let this be the year
14 I don’t go with it"
—June Gervais :: “Forty Rows of Rosemary”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
June Gervais :: “Forty Rows of Rosemary” and “Love poem as virgin cocktail recipe” – ALOCASIA
alocasia.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"10 ..the tomato plants still swell with fruit
11 and the pineapple sage sprouts scarlet flowers
12 but three minutes into dinner, the sun pulls
13 an Irish goodbye. Let this be the year
14 I don’t go with it"
—June Gervais :: “Forty Rows of Rosemary”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
11 and the pineapple sage sprouts scarlet flowers
12 but three minutes into dinner, the sun pulls
13 an Irish goodbye. Let this be the year
14 I don’t go with it"
—June Gervais :: “Forty Rows of Rosemary”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
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ICYMI - my poem about caring for plants & self in @alocasiamag.bsky.social
"Exhausting, this whole business of renewal
and the banana palm I nearly killed trying to kill its plague of mites
as cures go I’m worse than the disease
Death to what? What’s the motto?"
—Chiara Di Lello, Childless Millennial Considers Non-Attachment
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/c...
and the banana palm I nearly killed trying to kill its plague of mites
as cures go I’m worse than the disease
Death to what? What’s the motto?"
—Chiara Di Lello, Childless Millennial Considers Non-Attachment
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/c...
Chiara Di Lello :: “Childless Millennial Considers Non-Attachment” – ALOCASIA
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November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
ICYMI - my poem about caring for plants & self in @alocasiamag.bsky.social
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"no need to leave before dusk
you make camp below clitoral conifers
topo map, GPS, and aerial photograph
all navigational skill
is meaningless
when you’re in no rush
to stop humming with the refrain
of my warbling song thrush"
—Arbor Elliott
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
you make camp below clitoral conifers
topo map, GPS, and aerial photograph
all navigational skill
is meaningless
when you’re in no rush
to stop humming with the refrain
of my warbling song thrush"
—Arbor Elliott
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
Arbor Elliott :: “Bushwhack” – ALOCASIA
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November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"no need to leave before dusk
you make camp below clitoral conifers
topo map, GPS, and aerial photograph
all navigational skill
is meaningless
when you’re in no rush
to stop humming with the refrain
of my warbling song thrush"
—Arbor Elliott
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
you make camp below clitoral conifers
topo map, GPS, and aerial photograph
all navigational skill
is meaningless
when you’re in no rush
to stop humming with the refrain
of my warbling song thrush"
—Arbor Elliott
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
"no need to leave before dusk
you make camp below clitoral conifers
topo map, GPS, and aerial photograph
all navigational skill
is meaningless
when you’re in no rush
to stop humming with the refrain
of my warbling song thrush"
—Arbor Elliott
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
you make camp below clitoral conifers
topo map, GPS, and aerial photograph
all navigational skill
is meaningless
when you’re in no rush
to stop humming with the refrain
of my warbling song thrush"
—Arbor Elliott
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
Arbor Elliott :: “Bushwhack” – ALOCASIA
alocasia.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"no need to leave before dusk
you make camp below clitoral conifers
topo map, GPS, and aerial photograph
all navigational skill
is meaningless
when you’re in no rush
to stop humming with the refrain
of my warbling song thrush"
—Arbor Elliott
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
you make camp below clitoral conifers
topo map, GPS, and aerial photograph
all navigational skill
is meaningless
when you’re in no rush
to stop humming with the refrain
of my warbling song thrush"
—Arbor Elliott
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...
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"Moderately toxic,
but not enough to kill.
Just enough to make one ill.
Like an ex."
—Linda Lamenza :: “Non-Edible Mushroom”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/l...
but not enough to kill.
Just enough to make one ill.
Like an ex."
—Linda Lamenza :: “Non-Edible Mushroom”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/l...
Linda Lamenza :: “Non-Edible Mushroom” – ALOCASIA
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November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Moderately toxic,
but not enough to kill.
Just enough to make one ill.
Like an ex."
—Linda Lamenza :: “Non-Edible Mushroom”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/l...
but not enough to kill.
Just enough to make one ill.
Like an ex."
—Linda Lamenza :: “Non-Edible Mushroom”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/l...
"Moderately toxic,
but not enough to kill.
Just enough to make one ill.
Like an ex."
—Linda Lamenza :: “Non-Edible Mushroom”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/l...
but not enough to kill.
Just enough to make one ill.
Like an ex."
—Linda Lamenza :: “Non-Edible Mushroom”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/l...
Linda Lamenza :: “Non-Edible Mushroom” – ALOCASIA
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November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Moderately toxic,
but not enough to kill.
Just enough to make one ill.
Like an ex."
—Linda Lamenza :: “Non-Edible Mushroom”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/l...
but not enough to kill.
Just enough to make one ill.
Like an ex."
—Linda Lamenza :: “Non-Edible Mushroom”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/l...
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"I jab at the screen and zoom in, trying to pinpoint the location of the pushpin on iNaturalist’s app. I’m not used to the interface at all, and it is making my search unnecessarily difficult."
—james achusiogu :: “Harmattan Harvests”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
—james achusiogu :: “Harmattan Harvests”
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james achusiogu :: “Harmattan Harvests” – ALOCASIA
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November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"I jab at the screen and zoom in, trying to pinpoint the location of the pushpin on iNaturalist’s app. I’m not used to the interface at all, and it is making my search unnecessarily difficult."
—james achusiogu :: “Harmattan Harvests”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
—james achusiogu :: “Harmattan Harvests”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
"I jab at the screen and zoom in, trying to pinpoint the location of the pushpin on iNaturalist’s app. I’m not used to the interface at all, and it is making my search unnecessarily difficult."
—james achusiogu :: “Harmattan Harvests”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
—james achusiogu :: “Harmattan Harvests”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
james achusiogu :: “Harmattan Harvests” – ALOCASIA
alocasia.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"I jab at the screen and zoom in, trying to pinpoint the location of the pushpin on iNaturalist’s app. I’m not used to the interface at all, and it is making my search unnecessarily difficult."
—james achusiogu :: “Harmattan Harvests”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
—james achusiogu :: “Harmattan Harvests”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/j...
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"all the dead men are draped in white
their bodies soft in the soil of my memory
growing into flowers my grandfather
smells like chrysanthemums my
granduncle has yellowed-out petals"
—Gospel Chinedu :: “The Voyage”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/g...
their bodies soft in the soil of my memory
growing into flowers my grandfather
smells like chrysanthemums my
granduncle has yellowed-out petals"
—Gospel Chinedu :: “The Voyage”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/g...
Gospel Chinedu :: “The Voyage” – ALOCASIA
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November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"all the dead men are draped in white
their bodies soft in the soil of my memory
growing into flowers my grandfather
smells like chrysanthemums my
granduncle has yellowed-out petals"
—Gospel Chinedu :: “The Voyage”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/g...
their bodies soft in the soil of my memory
growing into flowers my grandfather
smells like chrysanthemums my
granduncle has yellowed-out petals"
—Gospel Chinedu :: “The Voyage”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/g...
"all the dead men are draped in white
their bodies soft in the soil of my memory
growing into flowers my grandfather
smells like chrysanthemums my
granduncle has yellowed-out petals"
—Gospel Chinedu :: “The Voyage”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/g...
their bodies soft in the soil of my memory
growing into flowers my grandfather
smells like chrysanthemums my
granduncle has yellowed-out petals"
—Gospel Chinedu :: “The Voyage”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/g...
Gospel Chinedu :: “The Voyage” – ALOCASIA
alocasia.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"all the dead men are draped in white
their bodies soft in the soil of my memory
growing into flowers my grandfather
smells like chrysanthemums my
granduncle has yellowed-out petals"
—Gospel Chinedu :: “The Voyage”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/g...
their bodies soft in the soil of my memory
growing into flowers my grandfather
smells like chrysanthemums my
granduncle has yellowed-out petals"
—Gospel Chinedu :: “The Voyage”
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/g...
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Cover reveal for Carnalis, my lesbian cannibal novella, which is out in MARCH from @nictitatingbooks.bsky.social!!
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Cover reveal for Carnalis, my lesbian cannibal novella, which is out in MARCH from @nictitatingbooks.bsky.social!!
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"The experiment was even conducted with plastic plants, and it still worked. It was able to mimic the shape of the plastic. That is all I need to be convinced: plants can see."
—Sam Nartus-Fois translates Camille Cornu
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/s...
—Sam Nartus-Fois translates Camille Cornu
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/s...
Sam Nartus-Fois translates Camille Cornu :: “Chapter 0 (prologue) of Photosynthèses” – ALOCASIA
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November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"The experiment was even conducted with plastic plants, and it still worked. It was able to mimic the shape of the plastic. That is all I need to be convinced: plants can see."
—Sam Nartus-Fois translates Camille Cornu
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/s...
—Sam Nartus-Fois translates Camille Cornu
alocasia.org/2025/10/20/s...