Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin (they/them) is a queer and trans, biracial, Vietnamese American diaspora writer whose work revolves around themes of dreaming, fantasizing, and futurizing, and focuses on topics of diaspora, transness, ecology, empire, and intergenerational histories. Their work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions, and appears or is forthcoming in The Offing, Oroboro Lit Journal, ANMLY, fifth wheel press, DISCOUNT GUILLOTINE, and other publications. Kyla-Yến is a 2026 BIPOC Fellow for Trans Poetics Archive, a Press Editor for Half Mystic Press, a Co-Coordinator for Sundress Publications’ Poets in Pajamas reading series, and an Associate Editor for Iron Horse Literary Review, and they have also been awarded residencies, workshops, and/or fellowships from Tin House, the Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA), Seventh Wave, Abode Press, and more. You can visit Kyla-Yến's author page at www.kylayenhuynhgiffin.com, and find them on Instagram @yenshrine
Scallops swung back and forth on the eelgrass, up sprouting from the sand of the ocean floor. Theyclumpedtogether, cozy and clinging to the blades. We felt bad each time We plucked one from its home. We imagined that some of these scallops could have been lovers cuddling up in bed together, or friends s t a r g a z… Read more →