Welcome!

Photo of Michaella Thornton, Winter 2023.
Ahoy! My name is Michaella Thornton, but all of my friends call me Kella. I'm a lower Midwestern writer who loves exploring language, landscape, and literature.
Love: cannoli, kayaking, stargazing, writing essays and flash prose, and my incredible daughter.
Meh: subpar coffee, people who pronounce Missouri as Missourah, mayonnaise-based coleslaw, hopelessness.
Want to get ahold of me? Please visit the Contact section or email me at: michaella[dot]thornton[at]gmail[dot]com
Some of my favorite (kinda recent) writing:
Love: cannoli, kayaking, stargazing, writing essays and flash prose, and my incredible daughter.
Meh: subpar coffee, people who pronounce Missouri as Missourah, mayonnaise-based coleslaw, hopelessness.
Want to get ahold of me? Please visit the Contact section or email me at: michaella[dot]thornton[at]gmail[dot]com
Some of my favorite (kinda recent) writing:
- "A Short Ode to Joy," in Reckon Review, August 2024
- "Why A Mother Teaches Her Daughter to Shovel Snow," in Moon City Review, Spring 2023
- "Text to My Daughter's Daisy Troop Leader," in Pithead Chapel, February 2023
- "What Comes to Mind When You Call Me A Goddess," in Citron Review, June 2022
- "Cuffing Season in Your 40s," in Complete Sentence, March 2022
- "For Miranda, Who Waxes," in HAD, August 2021
- "Stopping to Get Ice Cream on the Trail of Tears," in Essay Daily, May 2021
- "My Desire is George Costanza Eating a Sandwich in Bed," in The Daily Drunk, January 2021
- "My One, My Only," in Brevity, May 2019

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