To My Daughter is an autofiction piece that spurred out of me during the difficult decision to cut off my mother. To this day, it is one of the pieces I come back and ponder as one of my best. On the solstice, an abridged verson of this piece found itelf published in Daughter Tongue volume 2. Here is the full, in all its ugliness, honesty, and love.

A haunting Halloween story by Brandi Ocasio—face The Stupid One, The Spoilt One, and The Envious One in a dark, poetic encounter with fear and self.

Let me offer an explanation behind the title of my blog and portfolio `Fairies and Arsenic.ˊ

Let us dive into the rituals of the infamous Blackwood Sisters of Shirley Jacksons Mind and compare them to the remarkable findings of Mary Douglas in Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo.

An entirely separate critical conversation and understanding into my critical conversation featured in Boulevard Literary Magazine.