TAYLOR JONES
Fiction and Poetry
I write poetry and speculative fiction. Themes in my work include finding joy during difficult times; struggling with identity and privilege; and loving across differences.
Illustration of original characters by G. C. Houle.
WORK
Fall 2022/Winter 2023
A poem about violence and resistance.
Tiny Spoon is an experimental bite-size literary magazine founded in 2019 in Boulder, CO.
June 2022
A poem about cleaning house.
Dwell: Poems About Home is a poetry anthology benefitting The Village Institute.
January, 2022
In the 2100s, mushroom hunting in the Arctic tundra is a crucial but dangerous job. Alisha and her trained sniffer rat have an encounter in the wilds that might change everything.
Reckoning 6, edited by Aïcha Martine Thiam and Gabriele Santiago, addresses the intersection between social upheaval and environmental change.
April, 2021
A meditation on love, loss, and wildlife.
Barren Magazine is a literary publication that features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, photography, and mixed media for hard truths, long stares, and gritty lenses.
October, 2020
A poem about driving through New England.
Smoky Quartz is an online journal of literature and art published by the Monadnock Writers’ Group. Writers and artists with ties to New Hampshire are featured in each issue.
October, 2020
A poem about a pool in a New Hampshire river.
Smoky Quartz is an online journal of literature and art published by the Monadnock Writers’ Group. Writers and artists with ties to New Hampshire are featured in each issue.
June, 2020
Winter, 2019/2020
A poem about love and fear (rated M for Mature).
Spit Poet Publishing is a mobile publishing house shaped by collaborations with unpublished, self-published and experimenting writers alongside well-known poets, all seeking strength in community.
December, 2019
A poem about longing.
South Broadway Ghost Society is the online journal of South Broadway Press, a book publisher based out of Denver, Colorado.