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© Megan Diedericks, 2023

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Haunted Portal Magazine:

Dreamscapes

The first issue of Haunted Portal Magazine is a collection of Short Stories, Poetry, Art, and Photography. DREAMSCAPES features two of Megan's poems: Eternal and More than Imagination.

© Haunted Portal Magazine, 2025

Sublimation:

Sublimation Annual 1

SUBLIMATION ANNUAL 1 is a collection of  best of works from the first volume of Sublimation (from Island of Wak-Wak). This includes Megan's poem: Three Acts of Mercy (Issue 3: We Are Monsters All).

Furthermore, said poem is a 2025 Rhysling Award Nominee!

©  Jacelyn Yap

Candleit Chronicles:
Sorrows of the Psyche

The first issue of Candlelit Chronicles expores melancholy—sorrow, despair and misery. Megan's poem: The Moon and I is at home in SORROWS OF THE PSYCHE.

© Candlelit Chronicles, 2024

miniMAG:
moremoremonsters

Megan's poem: Made to be Something Else is featured in ISSUE 128 MOREMOREMONSTERS of miniMAG. This is her second contribution to the weekly literary and art magazine!

© Irina Tall Novikova, 2024

Poetry for Mental Health:
Mental Health Volume 3

In MENTAL HEALTH VOLUME 3, Megan's second contribution to Poetry for Mental Health, she has two poems (each including a small 'About' statement): a fading light is still a light and Small Doses.

© Poetry for Mental Health, 2024

Last Leaves Magazine:
Feral

This is Megan's second publication with Last Leaves Magazine. Her poem: Your Tombstone / Dead to Me can be found inside this ninth issue, featuring Poetry and Artwork around the theme FERAL.

It is free to read/download online, and print copies are available from Barnes & Noble and Amazon!

© Last Leaves Magazine - Kiera Baron, 2024

Sublimation:
Every Party Needs a Bard

This is Megan's second time contributing to Sublimation (from Island of Wak-Wak). Her poem: The Blues can be found inside this fourth issue of Speculative Poetry and Artwork, themed EVERY PARTY NEEDS A BARD.

© Irina Tall - His Shadow Reminds Me of Music

Elixir Verse Press:
Stella Verses

ELIXIR VERSE EQUINOX: STELLA VERSES from Elixir Verse Press is a constellation of a collection, featuring the works of 32 authors and artists from around the globe. Megan's poem: Someone Else's Star is at home amongst these dreamy starscapes.

It is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Bookshop!

© Elixir Verse Press, 2024

​Rosalind Science Press:
Rosa

Rosalind Science Press is a not-for-profit magazine blending science with all forms of writing and art. They publish Fiction and Non-Fiction, Poetry, Histology, Art, Science and Educational pieces. Their first issue, ROSA, features Megan's poem: Animalistic.

© Rosalind Science Press, 2024

Sublimation:
We Are Monsters All

Sublimation (from Island of Wak-Wak) houses two of Megan's poems: Three Acts of Mercy (2025 Rhysling Award Nominee) and The Skeleton Tree in their third issue of Speculative Poetry and Artwork, themed WE ARE MONSTERS ALL.

© Jacelyn Yap, 2024

Aureation Zine:
Nostalgia

Megan's poem: i miss being a kid is featured in the fourth issue of Aureation Zine, containing Writing and Visual Art on the theme of NOSTALGIA.

© Janina Aza Karpinska, 2024

The Amazine

Walk Away is a reflective piece about knowing when to walk away from a hazardous-for-your-health situation. This poem is featured on The Amazine!

© The Amazine, 2023

HellBound Books:
Beautiful Tragedies 3

Megan's poems: The Rage Burns Red and Wanting are featured in BEAUTIFUL TRAGEDIES 3—​an anthology of Dark Poetry from HellBound Books.

© HellBound Books, 2023

And Gallons:
Issue 1

Megan has two poems, entitled: A Love I Haven't Met and Love and Other Terrible Prophecies featured in the first issue of And Gallons—a collection of Poetry, Short Stories and Artwork from new and upcoming writers and creatives.

© Finnialla, 2023

Last Leaves Magazine: Hunger

Megan's poem: i can remember what it is to love is featured in the sixth issue of Last Leaves Magazine—a collection of Poetry on the theme of HUNGER—which is free to download from their website!

Print copies are available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

© Last Leaves Magazine, 2023

fifth wheel press:
come sail away

Megan's poems: You Are Blue, My Dear and The Sea is Where Fairytales are Born are featured in COME SAIL AWAYa digital anthology of Writing inspired by seas and rivers from fifth wheel press.

© fifth wheel press, 2023

WriteNow Lit

Megan's poem: Funhouse Mirrors reflects on body image issues and can be read on WriteNow Lit.

© WriteNow Lit, 2023

Querencia Press:
Autumn Anthology

Megan's poem: Breakable Bones is featured in Querencia Press' 2022 AUTUMN ANTHOLOGY—a collection with 115 contributors of Poetry, Fiction, and Non-fiction work.

© Querencia Press, 2022

Queer Sci Fi:
Clarity

Megan's flash paranormal piece: The Closet is Made of Mahogany is featured in Queer Sci Fi's CLARITY—a collection of 300-word speculative Flash Fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum.

© Queer Sci Fi, 2022

Zephyr Review:
Issue No. #1

Megan's poem: Construct is featured in this collection of Poetry, Fiction and Artwork from Zephyr Review.

© Zephyr Review, 2022

Querencia Press:
UNSTABLE

UNSTABLE from Querencia Press features work on many types of marginalization from 37 contributors, across all genres, inspired by some jerk on twitter. This is Megan's third contribution to Querencia, featuring her poem: Social Anxiety.

© Querencia Press, 2025

Dreams In Hiding:
After Words We Go From Here

Megan has five poems in Dreams In Hiding's latest anthology, AFTER WORDS WE GO FROM HERE*. An "after" is a piece of art that is inspired or influenced by another body of work. While paying homage to the original art piece, another form of art is expressed.
Megan's pieces are: Penny Dreadful, Untitled, Why Do I Always Spill?, R.I.P. and Undoing.


*A portion of all proceeds benefits Doctors Without Borders!

© Jax Clouse, 2024

The Groke:
The Art of Rot & Decay

In their first issue, THE ART OF ROT & DECAY, The Groke's contributors explore all the different ways one can rot through Writing and Artwork. Megan's poem: I Wish I Was an Urban Legend can be found inside!

© The Groke, 2024

miniMAG:
shatter

Megan's poem: Shadow People is featured in ISSUE 127 SHATTER of miniMAG.

© Bill Wolak, 2024

The Morgue:
Autopsy One

The Morgue hosts the horrific, macabre, and extraordinary. AUTOPSY ONE is an anthology of Prose, Poetry and Art. Two of Megan's short horror stories, namely: Concord and Contort and Mommy Isn't Coming Home are on the slab.

This issue is free to read/download online, and print copies are available at Amazon!

© H☆L, 2024

Fixator Press

Megan's poem: Who's Out There? is featured in the OCTOBER 2024 ARCHIVES of Fixator Press—a home for free-verse/experimental/off-beat poetry.

© James Howard - Fixator Press, 2024

The Broken Teacup:
Volume 1

Megan's poem: is it a miracle, or is it luck? is featured in VOLUME ONE from The Broken Teacup.

You can read it online or download the PDF file!

© The Broken Teacup, 2024

Forevermore:
All I do is try, try, try...

Forevermore is an online literary magazine that takes inspiration from lyricism. Their first issue is themed ALL I DO IS TRY, TRY, TRY... and features Writing and Artwork that relates to the songs it was inspired by— mirrorball and this is me trying by Taylor Swift. Megan's poem: The Life of the Fool is at home in this issue.

© Forevermore, 2024

Inky Bones Press:
Are You Watching?

ARE YOU WATCHING? from Inky Bones Press features Megan's short story: It's Always Saturday. This is the third book in the Dark Decades series of anthologies, and explores the darker side of television in the 1960s.

© Inky Bones Press, 2024

Moonbow Magazine:
Onism

Megan's poems: My Vampires Always Leave Me, The Real WorldDeity's Machines and Simply Alone, or Lonely? are featured in the fourth issue of Moonbow Magazine, which contains Writing and Artwork on the theme of ONISM.

It is free to download/read online, or you can purchase a print copy!

© Sophia Liu - Splash of Color, 2024

Querencia Press:
it always finds me

Megan's poem: A Beautiful Face is featured in the first horror anthology from Querencia PressIT ALWAYS FINDS ME contains work across Poetry, CNF, Fiction, Hybrid, and Visual Art from 39 contributors.

© Querencia Press, 2024

Cosmic Daffodil:
LIGHTS OUT

Megan's poem: Red Flag is featured in LIGHTS OUT from Cosmic Daffodil. This fourth issue features a variety of Writing and Artwork, separated into three sections: "AN ODE TO POE," "APOCALYPTIC" and "GHOULS & GALORE." 

© W. Burke, 2023

Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself:
Fan Fiction

In Megan's second contribution to Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself, her short story: A Study in Crimson delves into an alternate reality where Sherlock Holmes is a woman, and a vampire-hunter! FAN FICTION explores the majestic world of fandom through Writing and Artwork.

© Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself, 2023

Cloaked Press:
Sidekicks

Megan's short fantasy story: In the Far-Off is in the SIDEKICKS edition of Summer of Speculation from Cloaked Press. This anthology features stories from the sidekick or minion perspective.

© Cloaked Press, 2023

Poetry for Mental Health: Suicide Volume 2

Four of Megan's poems (one previously published in her debut poetry collection) are featured in SUICIDE VOLUME 2—a collection of Poetry, Short Prose, Interviews and Personal Stories from around the world on the themes of suicide and self-harm, from Poetry for Mental Health.

Her titles are: ShatterDeath Over EmotionDeath (prev. pub.) and ; (semi-colon). This cluster of her work is interluded by a foreword, and each piece has accompanying background information.

It is free to download as a PDF, but physical copies can also be purchased: "Profits from the sales go towards promoting poetry for positive mental health."

© Poetry for Mental Health, 2023

Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself: The Dying Light

Megan's poem: Dolphins and Death is featured in the second issue of Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself – THE DYING LIGHT, which is a dark and gritty anthology of Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Artwork and more.

© Jennifer Willoughby: Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself, 2023

The Poet:
Our Changing Earth

Megan's poem: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same is featured in The Poet's OUR CHANGING EARTH (VOL.2)—a Poetry anthology about the earth and climate change.

* The Poet has since sadly closed down, but the book is still available for purchase below!

© The Poet, 2022

Tales from the Moonlit Path: Halloween Challenge

Megan's short horror story: The First and the Last is the winner of Tales from the Moonlit Path's 2022 HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE.

© Tales from the Moonlit Path, 2022

Pocket Fiction

Megan's flash fiction piece: Changing True Colors is a short thriller story, with the sole purpose of making your breath hitch! Read it on Pocket Fiction.

© Pexels, Pocket Fiction, 2022

© 2025 by M. Diedericks

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