Ani King is a queer, gender non-compliant activist, writer, and artist from Michigan. Ani spends most of their free time trying to find somewhere to quietly finish a book without interruptions.
Recent & Forthcoming Work
- Fastball, Fractured Lit, October 2024
Fastball Playlist - Certain Expectations of Water, Milk Candy Review, October 2024
- Sorry About the Fence, The /tƐmz/ Review, September 2024
- Family Night, SmokeLong Quarterly, September 2024 (Winner of the A SmokeLong Summer 24 fiction contest)
- Parole Day, Acrylic on Canvas, Literary Namjooning, September 2024
- Summerland®; Mermaid Park; The Sounds of Summer Camp, Does It Have Pockets, September 2024
- Watch Out for Deer, Scribes Micro, August 2024
- Fellas, Is it Gay, Trampset, August 2024
Fellas, Is it Gay Playlist - Be Your Own Fireworks, Tiny Molecules, August 2024
- Kitchen Dancing, Exposition Review, June 2024 (2nd Place Winner Flash 405, April 2024: “Home”)
- Sisyphus In Lonesome Town & BE UR BOYFRIEND??, BULL, June 2024
Sisyphus in Lonesome Town Playlist
- Don’t fall in love with a twink who winks and introduces himself as Sisyphus, Bright Flash Literary Review, May 2024
- The 250th Annual Radishtown Day Summer Parade, Flash Frog, March 2024 (The Blue Frog 1st Place Winner)
The 250th Annual Radishtown Day Summer Parade Playlist - Such Good Care, Your Impossible Voice, February 2024
Such Good Care Playlist - Mother-mother, Wasp-mother – Split Lip Magazine, February 2024
Mother-mother, Wasp-mother Playlist - Unfinished Houses, SmokeLong Quarterly, December 2023
(A SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition 2023 Finalist)
Unfinished Houses Playlist - Rabbit Rabbit, Kiai!, Folklore Review, October 2024
- Milk Teeth, Mother Teeth, Waxwing, December 2024
- Thanks for the Ride, MoonPark Review, December 2024
- Horsegirl, Messy Misfits Club, TBD
Editorial Work & Writing
Co-editor: Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro
Founder, Editor in Chief: Syntax & Salt Magazine
Published Work
Art for Art’s Sake