Mishell’s short fiction:

• “Throwing Stones” (2010): Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, a short story about a young man disguised as a woman and a goblin disguised as a human who discover that they have a common purpose.

• “Break” (2011): Originally published in Daily Science Fiction, a story in which aspirin counters the effects of a love potion.

• “Vaporware” (2011): Originally published in Redstone Science Fiction, a short story where two characters use simulations to select between eight embryos.

• “Fire in the Haze” (2016): Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, a short story that revisits the protagonist from “Throwing Stones” many years later.

In Mishell’s own words:

• Not as Crazy as You’d Think: The Borderline Protagonist in Fantasy (2016), a guest post in Uncanny magazine: “So in fantasy, at least, a Borderline is in her element. And if we can imagine a context in which a stigmatized disorder does not destroy the life of the person who suffers from it, what questions does that raise?”

• Interview in My Bookish Ways (2016): “For me, what makes Millie sympathetic is how hard she works at getting through or around her own vulnerabilities . . . I guess you could say she’s given up on giving up.”

• Interview in The Speculative Herald (2016): “ I knew that I wanted to write about someone who had survived a suicide attempt, because I have such strong feelings about the phoenix-like effect of hitting rock bottom and then emerging into an entirely new existence.”

• Mishell’s The Big Idea post (2017) on Whatever, John Scalzi’s blog: “Anytime we battle the invisible, whether it’s a ghost or something that haunts us psychologically, the only weapon is investigation. Find the source of the pain and hold a mirror to it, create something real and tangible that you can fight in its stead.”

• A Heroine Like No Other (2017), Mishell’s interview in The Huffington Post: “I always think of my stories as ‘interactive’ even when they aren’t, in the strictest sense.”