The Champagne Room Issue 03. “The Middle is Only Stuffing,” a short fiction lesbian love story that I never thought would find a home. This entire work is a content warning. Release date, June 1st 2023. Available for purchase at:
https:www.thechampagneroomjournal.com/issues-for-purchase.
Proud to Be Volume 10 anthology, through South East Missouri University, SEMO Press. “We Go Together,” a short hybrid fiction story of a combat veteran which won honorable mention, and “Free(dom) Onion,” my first published poem. Release date, December 1st 2021. Available through various retailers or www.semopress.com
Chiaroscuro: Vice & Virtue anthology through Northern Colorado Writers. “The Five-Dollar Difference.” A short fiction story of gender inequality viewed through the lens of a five-dollar bill changing hands. Available for purchase. https://www.amazon.com/Chiaroscuro-Anthology-Virtue-Bonnie-McKnight/dp/0578976617
From Sappho to Stonewall, Zine #5, through Sapphic Writers Collective. “Evolving.” A flash CNF piece about the struggles of being a teenaged queer. Link to download a free copy of the Zine through the Glasgow Zine Library. https://www.sapphicwriters.org/zines/p/sappho-to-stonewall-sapphic-writers-june-2021-zine
Passengers Journal. “The Boy.” A personal essay on the consequences of war and how our loved ones can better understand. Link to essay. https://www.passengersjournal.com/volume-1-issue-6-prose/#otero
Kleft Jaw Press “Broken Ribs.” Reprint.
Proud to Be Volume 8 anthology. “Broken Ribs.” Best Essay winner. A personal essay on war. Available for purchase through South East Missouri University, SEMO Press. http://www.semopress.com/books/proud-to-be-writing-by-american-warriors-volume-8/
Still Coming Home, an anthology of writing from the Denver Veterans Writing Workshop. “Out of Death: The Birth of a Combat Veteran.” A personal essay with reflections on my military experience. Available for purchase through the Colorado Humanities. https://coloradohumanities.org/product/still-coming-home-denver-veterans-writing/
0-Dark-Thirty/The Report: Women veterans’ themed 2016. “Would you Take a Bullet For Me?” My first published work (it shows). A personal essay. Link to essay. https://o-dark-thirty.org/2016/02/14/would-you-take-a-bullet-for-me/
Author Bio
Kristine served on active duty in the US army from 2003-2007, surviving two tours of combat and providing her plenty to write about. Wanting to share more than her war, she has recently begun to write short fiction and prose poetry. Kristine earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from Liberty University. She is currently resides in her hometown of Denver Colorado with her dog-sized cat, Trixy and her dog, Eleanor.
Kristine’s published work can be found in Northern Colorado Writers Vice & Virtue anthology, Sapphic Writers Zine # 5, Passengers Literary Journal, Proud to Be Volume 8, an anthology through SEMO Press, Kleft Jaw Press, Still Coming home, an anthology through the Colorado Humanities, and 0-Dark-Thirty. Forthcoming in 2021 her debut poem and a hybrid fiction short which won honorable mention will appear in Proud to Be Volume 10, an anthology through SEMO Press. Additionally, she has recently made it into the “Best of” zine which will be published through Sapphic Writers.
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Kristine Otero 