Publications in Literature
Fiction, essays, poetry, and selected literary work by Amanda Barusch.
Patient Zero
Short story
On accusation, fear, and guilt during COVID
You on the Street
Flash fiction
On memory, longing, and old love
The Errant Strand
Flash fiction
On love, aging, and enduring tenderness
Devil Wind
Flash fiction
On myth, childhood, and desert terror
Once
Flash fiction
On transformation, pursuit, and survival
Three Days After
Poem
On grief and fractured memory
Sometimes Found by Night
Poem
On love, memory, and quiet intimacy
Barefoot Desert
Poem
On escape, memory, and longing
Awake
Poem
On waking, warmth, and tenderness
The True Shape of Raindrops
Novella
On family, memory, and a lingering ghost
My Clan
Poem
On inheritance, survival, and belonging
Envy Is Ignorance
Personal essay
On envy, shame, and guilt
Sea Change
Personal essay
On grief, memory, and losing a parent