Hi there! I'm Shelby.

I'm a queer writer from the American South with a notoriously promiscuous living habit. My current home/lover is Baltimore, MD, USA.

I write short stories and novels. Occasionally I also write about the intersection of society, technology, and infrastructure on my blog, Civic Unrest, where you can also find links to my other publications and talks related to tech & society.

I'm a 2024 Lambda Literary Fellow and assistant fiction editor at the Nashville Review. My work has been supported by the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, OneStory Summer Conference, and Lighthouse LitFest.

When not writing, I'm probably hiking with my rambunctious pit bull, Osceola, reading on a train, or working in community.

Stories

Poetry