Dry Bed
A short story by Alexis Macnab.
Read MoreAlexis Macnab (ey/em/eir pronouns) channels creativity across disciplines, and is endlessly inspired by the way each medium collaborates with the story it tells. Alexis's work in theater has been produced internationally and across the U.S., eir hand-drawn and stop-motion animation has been commissioned for films and music videos, ey has curated pop-up art gallery happenings, and brought works of Shakespeare into peoples’ kitchens and living rooms. Alexis spent the pandemic years transforming in many ways, including from a City-and-Karaoke-Loving Theater Person, into a Tree-Curious Writer-Artist Fungi. In fiction, Alexis is interested in twisting the tools of fable and folktale to investigate eir time and place. Alexis holds a B.A. from Oberlin College, and an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts. Eir writing also appears in The Ilanot Review.