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Nova Ren Suma

Nova Ren Suma

Alien Landscapes

On the changing landscape of publishing, bookish fears, and finding the wonder again

Dec 6, 2022

Alien Landscapes

Dec 6, 2022

Nova Ren Suma

Conversations with the Other Side

There is no greater pairing than a misfit thirteen-year-old girl and her Ouija board. I was new in town, afraid to speak up, and sporting…

Oct 21, 2022

Conversations with the Other Side

Oct 21, 2022

Nova Ren Suma

Tell Me My Destiny

Do you need to know what the sign looked like? It was neon. It was violet. It was flickering. PSYCHIC, it glowed: that singular word.

Oct 14, 2022

Tell Me My Destiny

Oct 14, 2022

Nova Ren Suma

Omens

When I first moved to Philadelphia, I saw an omen. It was my first weekend in the city in the spring of 2018. I awoke late Sunday morning…

Sep 30, 2022

On a city sidewalk is a blue dumpster, bright orange flames peeking out.

Sep 30, 2022

Nova Ren Suma

Unidentified Flying Objects

I was born with the mark of a flying saucer on my leg. The birthmark is smooth, pigmented a light brown, and creates the shape of a long…

Sep 23, 2022

A black and white photo of a saucer-shaped UFO hovering above a white man and white woman in 1950s style clothing.

Sep 23, 2022

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Fear of Falling

I have always been afraid of stairs.

Sep 2, 2022

Stairway leading up from the darkness. Photo by Ginevra Austine on Unsplash

Sep 2, 2022

Nova Ren Suma

Nova Ren Suma

Novelist. Writing teacher. Loves: unreliable narrators, “unlikable” characters, slippery genre-bending books, ghost stories. Find me at novaren.com.

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