I write fiction, poetry, and non-serious non-fiction.
You can read some of it below.
Non-Fiction
Incidentally
My substack newsletter, where I subject friends to my hyperfixations, published every couple of weeks.
Fiction & Poetry
Everything Is Impossibly Annoying
An experimental short fiction piece inspired by Anna Karenina, Grief is the Thing With Feathers, and Vine compilations on YouTube. Naturally. Published by Neon Door.
If I Stay Soft, I’ll Love You Forever
A love poem about thawing chicken, published by Wrongdoing Magazine.
Mammuthus
Not not Elizabeth Bishop fanfiction, published by The Madrigal in volume v: poësis.
This Won’t Last!
Violent, Intrusive Thoughts
Two poems, published in the 45th edition of The Stony Thursday Book, edited by Christodoulous Makris.
Annual Review
A short fiction piece about office romance, crappy television, and power dynamics. Published by MIDLVLMAG in their first issue.
Read it.
Bedtime
A poem about the squirmy, silent parts of sexual history. Published by the Waxed Lemon.
I Straightened A Stubborn Wave
Self-acceptance, the poem. Published by Boats Against the Current.
Mary Kate Nyland is an Irish American writer with a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from UCD.
Her work has appeared in the Waxed Lemon, Neon Door Magazine, The Madrigal, and Wrongdoing Magazine.