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Brandon O'Brien

45 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
March 2016 |14 Poem god-date Uncanny Magazine, March-April 2016
July 2016 163 Poem Papa Bois and the Boy Reckoning, 1
August 2016 |3 Poem population changes Strange Horizons, 8 August 2016
December 2016 |15 Essay You Forgot to Invite the Soucouyant Fantasy Magazine, December 2016
March 2017 160 Poem time, and time again Uncanny Magazine, March-April 2017
April 2017 |6 Poem The lagahoo Speaks for Itself Arsenika, Spring 2017
May 2017 |1 Short Fiction They Will Take You from You Strange Horizons, 1 May 2017
July 2017 |6 Poem The Metaphysics of a Wine, in Theory and Practice Arsenika, Summer 2017
August 2017 |5 Short Fiction "Punch God (in the Face)" by The Harmnones Anathema, August 2017
September 2017 |15 Poem Birth, Place Uncanny Magazine, September-October 2017
January 2018 |3 Serial A Distraction Eyedolon, #2, January-February 2018
January 2018 |3.2 Review Alternate Genders Strange Horizons, 15 January 2018
January 2018 |3.6 Review Fandom for Robots Strange Horizons, 15 January 2018
January 2018 |3.4 Review House, Orchard, Well Strange Horizons, 15 January 2018
January 2018 |3.3 Essay Review of poem: "Gently chew to soften the ridges" by Bogi Takács Strange Horizons, 15 January 2018
January 2018 |3.5 Review The Future of Hunger in the Age of Programmable Matter Strange Horizons, 15 January 2018
January 2018 |3 Essay The Jewelry Box (Strange Horizons, 15 January 2018) Strange Horizons, 15 January 2018
January 2018 |3.1 Review The Lies I've Told to Keep You Safe Strange Horizons, 15 January 2018
March 2018 |15 Poem drop some amens Uncanny Magazine, March-April 2018
March 2018 Serial Meant to Be Heard Aloud Eyedolon, #3, March-April 2018
March 2018 |7 Short Fiction The Howling Detective Uncanny Magazine, March-April 2018
April 2018 |12 Poem Hunting with Zeno's Arrows Eye to the Telescope, April 2018
June 2018 Essay Getting Men Off Ledges Fireside Magazine, June 2018
July 2018 2 Essay Letter from the Editors (Fiyah Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Summer 2018) Fiyah, Summer 2018
July 2018 |17 Poem The One Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2018
August 2018 |9 Short Fiction Gasping Apex Magazine, August 2018
September 2018 |1 Poem Bad Prayer Twisted Moon, September 2018
January 2019 |4 Short Fiction Due by the End of the Week Fireside Quarterly, January 2019
May 2019 |19 Poem Elegy for the Self As Villeneuve's Beast Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2019
October 2019 |15 Essay Getting Out of the Cold: Revisiting Toxic Masculinity in Lethal Weapon Fireside Quarterly, October 2019
November 2019 |11 Essay If You've Heard This One Before Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2019
January 2020 |16 Poem Elegy for the Self As Villeneuve's Belle Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2020
July 2020 |15 Poem Lagahoo Culture (Part I) Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2020
November 2020 |17 Poem Cento for Lagahoos Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2020
March 2021 |15 Poem Lagahoo Culture (Part II) Uncanny Magazine, March-April 2021
June 2021 12 Poem Shoretune Mermaids Monthly, June 2021
July 2022 |16 Poem Quiet and Fragile Try on the Same Romper Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2022
January 2023 |30 Poem To Whomsoever Remains Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2023
October 2023 |8 Poem The Creature from the Black Lagoon Is Your Father Strange Horizons, 30 October 2023
January 2024 1 Essay A Word from Our Editor (Apparition Literary Magazine, January 2024) Apparition Literary Magazine, January 2024
January 2024 Editor Apparition Literary Magazine - 2024 Apparition Literary Magazine, January 2024
March 2024 |14 Essay Like Father, Like Son: Evangelion, Shin Kamen Rider, and Masculinity Uncanny Magazine, March-April 2024
November 2024 |14 Poem Anansi Braids Your Stepson's Hair Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2024
February 2025 |1 Interview An Interview with Brandon O'Brien SH@25 Podcast, 17 February 2025
July 2025 |11 Essay Better Earnestness Through Incantation—Speculative Poetry and Sincerity Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2025

1 English-language book

Year Type Title Author(s)
2021 Collection Can You Sign My Tentacle? Brandon O'Brien

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2017 Rhysling Award Long Poem god-date Nominee
2018 Rhysling Award Short Poem Birth, Place Nominee
2019 Rhysling Award Short Poem drop some amens Nominee
2020 Ignyte Award Best in Speculative Poetry Elegy for the Self As Villeneuve's Beast Nominee
2021 Rhysling Award Long Poem Lagahoo Culture (Part I) Nominee
2021 Rhysling Award Short Poem Cento for Lagahoos Nominee
2022 Elgin Award Book Can You Sign My Tentacle? Winner
2022 Rhysling Award Long Poem Hastur Asks for Donald Glover's Autograph Nominee
2024 Rhysling Award Long Poem The Creature from the Black Lagoon Is Your Father Nominee

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