Nancy S. Koven
Fiction Writer
Overwintering, Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine (forthcoming)
Strange Taxi Ride, 101 Words (forthcoming)
How the Cactus Got Its Name, Gone Lawn (forthcoming)
Rabbit's Revenge, 100 Word Project (forthcoming)
Closed Circuit No. 4, BULL (forthcoming)
Hello, Goodbye, BULL (forthcoming)
Mike & Margaret, Once Upon a Crocodile (forthcoming)
Five Hours to Wilmington, Weird Lit Magazine (2025)
A Good Boy, MoonPark Review (2025)
Seven Stories for Now and Later, The Future Fire (2025)
Never Liked Tulips, Thin Skin (2025)
City of Rocks, Kinpaurak (2025)
The Brown Coats, Suddenly, and Without Warning (2025)
The Whipping Place, Masque & Maelström: The Reluctant Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe (2025)
Motion to Adjourn, The Haven (2021)
Underwear Drawer, Change Seven (2021)
Mr. Turlington's Grizzly Encounter, Defenestration (2021)
About
Nancy S. Koven (she/they) is a psychologist and professor emerita of clinical neuroscience. Originally from New Jersey, she has lived in Illinois, Virginia, New Hampshire, and now divides her time between the deep woods of Maine and red rocks of New Mexico. In her writing, she enjoys exploring the borderlands of body and mind, often weaving in feminist, surrealist elements.
Author's note: No generative AI or AI editing tools were used in the creation of these stories, and the author expressly prohibits any entity from using her prose for the purpose of AI training. Images on this website have been selected from public domain-dedicated sites, downloaded for use under the Unsplash License, or are ones chosen by the editor(s) associated with the magazine of publication.