Fiction
- “Couvade” in Chicago Quarterly Review, 2025. Print.
- “Material” in Passengers, 2024.
- “Myles Standish, I am Dying” in Orca, 2023.
- “Briar” in The Forge, 2023.
- I Don’t Think I’ll Miss You Much (excerpt) in Litbreak, 2023.
- “Fire” in Lighthouse Weekly, 2022.
- “Round Trip” in Soft Punk, 2021.
- “Islanders” in Nashville Review, 2020.
- “The Off Season” in Ninth Letter, (Winner, 2020 Ninth Letter Fiction Contest), 2020. Print.
Creative Nonfiction
- “I Try to Understand My Fear” in Open: Journal of Arts & Letters, 2025.
- “Someday” in Open: Journal of Arts & Letters, 2025.
- “We Go Hiking A Lot” in SmokeLong Quarterly, 2023.
- “Jokes I Had With My Ex” in the tiny journal, 2023.
- “Backstory” in Arcadia, (Winner, 2016 Arcadia Nonfiction Contest), 2016. Print.
Poetry
- “What is Ours” in Swing, 2026. Print (forthcoming).
- “Mom’s in Rehab and I’m at a Beach Party with My Dog” in Chicago Quarterly Review, 2024. Print.
Interviews
- “Smoke & Mirrors with Alida Dean” in SmokeLong Quarterly, 2023.
- “Author Interview” in The Forge, 2023.
- “I’ll Save that for Later: A conversation with Alida Dean” in Read Short Stories, 2020.
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