DYLAN KRIEGER
poet · writer · editor

Poetry/Fiction

 “blood-dark sun,” “kool-aid day drunk,” “visit station,” and “womb song.” Electric Gurlesque  (Saturnalia Books, forthcoming).


 “lay-off lilies”  and “hail mary, no one is daddy.” The Holy Hour: An Anthology of Sex Work, Magic, and the Divine (Working Girl Press, forthcoming).


“minutia trenches,” “beta haze,” “give up like you mean it,” “erotics of the soapbox” and “very whatever.” DUETDUET 8 (PityMilk Press, 2023). 


“autopsy reveals lasting marriages mostly composed of sharp metal in a theoretical vacuum.”Abandon Journal, 2023. 


“gap in the static,” “hallowed be the whores,” and “songs i know.”Unlikely Stories, 2023. 


“the joke,” “vetting the ether,” “the art of fact,” “palliative pornography,” “citizens of what,” “the black box records our defanging,” “VCR’s last words,” “what can perish,” and “fossil of desire.” Not Ready for River Styx (Back of the Class Press, 2023).


"the hierophant hosts a dinner party," "belief in evil," and "the rest of history." The Celestial Bandit (Kernpunkt Press, 2021).


"the median" and "stay shelved."Luna Luna Magazine, 2021.


“what if i kill the stars first,” “bashed / unabashed,” and “nooner neruda.”Green Mountains Review, 2020.


“star of leaving the house for once” and “how to mourn your fellow monsters.”The Night Heron Barks, 2020.


“from Predators Welcome.” Tilted House Review, 2020.


“90s nightmare” and “least of all the liftoff.” Homestead Review, 2019.


“grown-ass babies.” New South Review, 2019.


“the war of all against all.” Welcome to the Neighborhood: An Anthology of American Coexistence (Swallow Press, 2019).


 “take the book collection, drink the liquor cabinet,” “diaphanatic,” “lakeside reactor,” and “smiling here to erie.” Nine Mile Magazine , 2019.


“girl, overdetermined” & “girl, self-determined.”Yalobusha Review, 2018.


“the spinney needs me,” “color-coded continents,” “this city block is an allegory,” and “the forest is wearing a wire.” Muse A, 2018.


“when even a peace sign looks like violence,” “head in the cloud,” “sick of shelling,” “private dancer,” & “the problem of god.” West Trade Review, Spring 2018. 


“the risk of addiction,” “worse than terminal,” “prognosis: endless,” “the trees that grew around obtrusions,” “death drive survives,” “walking pharmacy/portable  pothead,” “paci-fascism,” “empathy machine,” “cruelty builds character,” “the other, confronted,” & “drink yourself into the mood.” Nine Mile Magazine, Spring   2018. 


“blushing biopsies.” The Collapsar, Spring 2018. 


“degeneration gap.” Moonsick Magazine, Spring 2018.


“shelf melt” & “fishies don’t have feelings.” Meow Meow Pow Pow, Fall 2017.


“the hole that cannot hold you” & “noble roman.” Xavier Review, Fall 2017. 


“orlan or what” & “sideshow lizards & lions.” Third Point Press, Summer 2017.


“divine debris.” Poet Republik, Summer 2017.


“gateway dick.” Fine Print issue 6, Summer 2017.


“babes taste better,” “patient full of porch lights,” “medical fetishist,” “tell the protesters i have been their kind,” & “the moon howls back.” Nine Mile Magazine vol. 4, no. 2, Spring 2017.


“bottom feeder.” Cleaver Magazine issue 18, Spring 2017. 


“cesarean vegetarian.” Phoebe issue 46.2, Spring 2017.


“designated hitler” & “infanticide in outer space.” concīs, Spring 2017.


“spring broke half a nation-state away.” (b)OINK, Spring 2017.


"swampman,” philosophical zombie,” “the problem of sunrise,” & “zeno’s paradox(es).” Seneca Review, Spring 2017.


“fake barns” and “the distracted driver.” Midwest Review, Spring 2017.


“the suicidal idealist,” “quantum immortality,” “the violinist,” “the veil of ignorance,” & “trolley problem.” Reality Beach, Winter 2017.


"the floating man,” “teletransportation,” & “ship of theseus.” Coffin Corner, Spring 2017.


“swampman,” philosophical zombie,” “the problem of sunrise,” & “zeno’s paradox(es).”  Seneca Review, Spring 2017.


“msg heard round the world.” moss trill, Fall 2016.


“the cave,” “brain in a vat,” & “mary’s room.” glitterMOB, Summer 2016.


“refusing to talk under torture” & “ammo montage.” Coup d’Etat, Summer 2016.


“draw one // pick again” & “slinged hero reunites w/ emergency blanketed boo.” Mojo , Summer 2016.


“millennial masochist” & “sorry not sorry.” Cloud Rodeo, Spring 2016.


"bomb countdown." Maintenant, Spring 2016.


“plantation nation.” Reality Hands, Spring 2016. 


"hero's last-second super-strength." Jam Tarts, Spring 2016.


"god complex." Witch Craft, Spring 2016.


“stakeout the stakeout” & "torch the place & watch it burn." Inklette, Spring 2016.


“absence knows best.” No Assholes, Winter 2016.


“briefcase full o’ $$$” & “cryptic phone call," & "firing gun at nothing while screaming." THAT Literary Review, Spring 2016.


"automatomic," "over[h]eating," "money / talk," "submissive's song," & "belting." Atrocity Exhibition, Winter 2016.


"sympathy pill" & "etc. etc." Unlikely Stories, Winter 2016.


"who's to tell," "fucked up firsts," & alphabentitus." Alien Mouth, Winter 2016.


"tiny facial lacerations." Coup d'Etat, Winter 2016.


"no hard line" & "headless rain." Local Nomad, Winter 2016.


“hero tied up w/ buzz saw moving toward junk” Rogue Agent,  Winter 2016. 


“far cry.” Quarterly West, Fall 2015. 


“un-cudgel.” Fine Print, Fall 2015. 


“X-machine, “the tundran,” & “visit station.” Gobbet, Fall 2015. 


“borderline,” “ghost porn,” & “committed.” Unlikely Stories, Summer 2015. 


“a ritual feeding // in need of meter,” “canticle cannibal,” “how a godhead cums // to  earn his stripes,” “ménage à trinity,” &  “swaddling plot.” Tenderloin, Summer   2015. 


“[R]AM.” Psychopomp, Spring 2015. 


in media rape” & “bad news, new world order.” Juked, Spring 2015. 


“Agateophobia” & “original schism.” Deluge, Spring 2015. 


“biblical umbilical.” Small Po[r]tions, Winter 2015. 


why’s virus.” So and So, Winter 2015. 


“Cultures” & “rite hype.” la fovea, Fall 2014. 


“automessiah” & “sacred sucre.” Crab Fat, Fall 2014. 


“Acarophobia” & “peri-.” Foothill, vol. 4.1, Fall 2014. 


“saint drain.” Birds of Lace’s “30 x Lace,” Spring 2014. 


“Phobiaphile 1-4” & “fuck white space.” Smoking Glue Gun vol. 7, Fall 2013. 


“Filled.” The Lost Piece, Spring 2012. 


“Profit,” “O Tell, Motel,” & “Art de Miss.” Re:Visions, Spring 2011. 


“Stream” & “Big City Street.” 3 Cup Morning, Summer 2007. 

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