Work
Samantha Lucia — poet and photographer. Poems, stories and photographs,
and where each one lives.
From the seam of myth, ancestry, and the body—everything below is published or accepted, grouped by form, and linked to its publication.
- Credits
- 51
- Published
- 45
- Forthcoming
- 6
- Publications
- 32
Honors
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2027 Best of the Net nominee
“What the Darkness Knows (what the roots remember)”
— nominated by Poetries in English
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Best in Issue
“ZARAH”
Poetry
Poems and micropoems, most recent first.
33 credits
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Host
Lemon Jelly Press · The Forest Knows the True Beast
forthcoming · October 2026 · Anthology
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Ninth Hour
SHINE Quarterly
forthcoming · date to be announced
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anathema
SHINE Quarterly
forthcoming · date to be announced
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The Book of Ascent
SHINE Quarterly
forthcoming · date to be announced
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Atropa
AROUND
forthcoming · November 2026
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Dear woman who summoned the devil and caught me instead
Poetries in English · Issue 2.1
October 2026
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Wolf Tone
Poetries in English · All Access
September 2026
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A Small Liturgy
Poetries in English · All Access
September 2026
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Demeter's Other Daughter
Poetries in English · All Access
September 2026
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Telegram
Poetries in English · All Access
September 2026
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The Ledger of Silence
1455 Women Writers Anthology
September 2026
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verdigris
Rotten Fig · Issue 1
August 2026
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sepsis
Poetries in English · All Access
August 2026
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to the eucalyptus branch that cleared more than my sinuses
Poetries in English · All Access
August 2026
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INSURANCE APPROVED
Writers Resist
June 2026
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Maintenance
Corporeal · Volume 24
June 2026
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In which the forest and a bird conspire to ruin me gently
Not Quite Right · Issue 1 · “(unlabeled)”
June 2026
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Crisper
100subtexts · Issue 45
May 2026
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Vestige
electric pink · Issue 1
April 2026 · Musical golden shovel
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Glass Cage
Twisted Tongue · Issue 2
April 2026
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Breathless
Spellbinder · Issue 22
April 2026
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What the Darkness Knows (what the roots remember)
Poetries in English · Issue 1.8
April 2026
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The Ledger of Silence
Poetries in English · Issue 1.8
April 2026
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A Small Apostasy
January House Literary Journal · Issue 6
March 2026
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Held by the Spell
Cabochon Review · Issue 1
March 2026
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Veritas
The Poet Heroic
February 2026 · Poem of the Week
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Perforce
Lunar Sea Literary · Special Issue 0
February 2026
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O, marrow of the forgotten ones
Sour Winery (Vinegar Press) · Newsletter #5
February 2026 · Bitter Word contest winner
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ABOVE and BELOW
Corporeal · Volume 22
January 2026
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The Breath That Answers the Tongue
Yin Literary · Issue 4 · “Yuan-Wang: To Wish”
January 2026
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Between
Yin Literary · Issue 4 · “Yuan-Wang: To Wish”
January 2026
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O, marrow
smols
December 2025 · Micropoem
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By Whose Breath
cloudymoon
November 2025
Fiction
Short fiction.
2 credits
Photography
Fine art and mixed media photographs.
12 credits
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Hush
Witches Magazine
accepted · date to be announced · Fine art photograph
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Differential
COPE Magazine · Volume 4 (Summer 2026) · “Diagnosis”
August 2026 · Mixed media photograph · free PDF, piece begins on p. 62
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The Meeting Ground
Belladonna's Garden · Issue 4 (Summer 2026) · “Rural Summer Gothic”
July 2026 · Fine art photograph
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The Last Oracle
Genrepunk Magazine
July 2026 · Mixed media photograph
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Fever Spell
Fang and Flower · Issue 2 · “Heatwaves”
May 2026 · Fine art photograph
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Once Upon a Childhood
Sardine Can Collective (now Fish Girl Collective) · Issue 6 · “Bruised Knees and Gardenias”
April 2026 · Fine art photograph · free PDF, piece on p. 46
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Not Yet
Belladonna's Garden · Issue 3 (Spring 2026) · “Poison Blooms”
April 2026 · Fine art photograph
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Temporal Loop
M E N A C E · Issue 3
April 2026 · Mixed media photograph
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The Sky Speaks in Petals
Yin Literary · Issue 5 · “Yan-Zi: Love in Renewal”
April 2026 · Photograph
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Lunar Borne
Witches Magazine · Issue 28 (Spring 2026)
March 2026 · Fine art photograph
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Ctrl+Alt+Delete the Sacred
January House Literary Journal · Issue 5
December 2025 · Mixed media photograph
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Of Blood & Propriety
Fang and Flower · Issue 1 · “Veiled”
December 2025 · Fine art photograph
Poem and Photograph
Pieces published as a poem and a photograph under one title.
2 credits
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Attestant
Tiny Prophecies
February 2026 · Poem and mixed media photograph, same title · journal has closed (formerly Mercurial Silver)
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Subsumption
Hum Magazine · Issue 1 · “Home”
January 2026 · Poem and fine art photograph, same title · free PDF, piece on p. 13
Visual Poetry
Poems that work as image.
1 credit
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GNOSIS
100subtexts · Issue 45
May 2026
Hybrid
Work that sits between forms.
1 credit
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SHOW YOUR WORK
Rivener Lit
April 2026 · Poem in the form of a two-column mathematical proof
About
A writer, a photographer,
a wanderer with roots.
Born in Connecticut, transplanted to the American South, and diagnosed early with wanderlust. My spirit outpaces my body, which has strong opinions about the itinerary.
I write poems and flash fiction, take photographs, and follow the questions no one asked me to answer.
Married to the woman who anchors the wandering. Mother of four, with two already out in the world and two nearly ready to follow. Kept company by cats who consider me staff.
Currently at work on a novel, a cosmology, and whatever the next haunt asks for.
Correspondence welcome. hello@samanthalucia.com.
Dispatches
A quiet note now and then—new pieces, new projects, new letters.
Titles link to their original publications. Full texts remain with the publishers. For reprints, rights, or commissions, please get in touch.