I’m in the clear to make an official announcement: My story, “January Sick,” will appear in the Dim Shores anthology, Suffering the Other, a charity compilation benefitting the Transgender Law Center and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES).

When the call went out last spring, I began constructing a story I thought would hold its own in a predictably competitive field (and I’m keyed to now be in league with so many formidable voices); but the central intent was to produce a story that pulled no punches.

I have no idea how to counteract this heinous zeitgeist, but artists at large can exert our own creative forms of resistance. “January Sick” is original to, and dedicated to the spirit of, this anthology, and I’m proud to be included in a project whose motivation (thanks to Justin Steele and Sam Cowan) is to extend compassion to both vulnerable populations, and folks who’ve been acutely targeted by proudly callous contingents.