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hi, i'm von. it's nice to meet you.

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von is a writer and potter reared by the north carolina coast. he writes about queer masculinity, solar punk futures, and myth-making. his clay works aim to capture the delightfully simple intimacy of sharing a drink with someone you love. you can find his work in fifth wheel press, Fruitslice, t'art magazine, and more at vonreyes.com.education
BA political science   |   east carolina university
MA sociology   |   unc wilmington

fiction
andap, lumabo - same faces collective issue #14
fringe contender - other worlds anthology; a coup of owls press
the treehouse - trans tongues issue #1; t'art magazine
202.X SAR-FM; your go-to station for the end of the world - as alive issue #3 (nominated for best of the net)poetry
12 pairs - mnemotope 005; bog bodies press
west coast smoker (reprise) - light 'em up anthology; fifth wheel press (nominated for best of the net)
over warm bodies - fruitslice issue #6
dental floss - prickly pear issue #3
asian spice - call me [nostalgic] issue #16
itch - call me [nostalgic] issue #16creative non-fiction
a voicemail on mother's day - mnemotope 005; bog bodies press
september 5th - issue #9; t'art magazineessays
living in the grey - the good men project
which came first, the masculinity or the misery? - fruitslice issue #3 (pushcart nominated)