Signature of Ana Hein

is an essayist, editor, and critic who explores relationships, the body, sexuality, girlhood, feminism, the horror genre, and media. Her work can be found in Electric Literature, The Rumpus, AFM, Barrelhouse, Digging Press Journal, Mothership, Compulsive Reader, and Videodame, among other publications. She holds an MFA in nonfiction from Columbia University and a BFA from Emerson College. Currently, she lives in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Recent writing…

“Renfield Prays”

tender is the flesh under bone

and rough are the nails on cheeks

barter eternity for open mouth chasms

abyss gaze finds me filthy

pulsing who knows what

under moonlight misting through bars