L. M. Alder’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in theNewerYork, Mobius, Asimov’s, Corium, and elsewhere.
Is also a poet. She writes haiku, like:
another penis
fills me like a rib-eye steak
Pittsburgh moist and red
and:
a morning workout
the cameras not yet rolling
I run like a dog
She sends them to the haiku magazines. She uses a pseudonym, just one word:
Ina, Tagalog for mother.
I read them all, then start writing some of my own:
man closes window
and clears browser history
after the money shot
and:
oh, Ina, you’re as
beautiful as a dumpster
on a cold, bright night