Rayne Alarcio
Poet · Media Artist · Teaching ArtistAuthor of Starving the Wolf
(Bottlecap Press, 2025)
Selected Publications
Content Advisory
English:
Some of the works linked here explore mature themes and are intended for older readers. For more details about content, please consult the publisher’s page before reading.
Español:
Algunas de las obras vinculadas aquí exploran temas maduros y están destinadas a un público adulto. Para más información sobre el contenido, consulta la página del editor antes de leer.
Books
Published:
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Starving the Wolf – Bottlecap Press (2025)
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A debut chapbook exploring internet-age intimacy, masculinity, and becoming.
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Poetry, selected
Published:
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"It’s the Ojibwe Word for Ironwood Tree" – Chicago Quarterly Review (2026)
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"He/him like" – failbetter (2026)
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"Pissing in the Shower as Gender-Affirming Care" – The Fourth Bullshit Lit Anthology (2026)
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"Princess-warrior transforms into bunny boy transforms into libremasc lizardgrrrl" – Up the Staircase Quarterly (2025)
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A hybrid, queer-gamer transformation poem about gender evolution and mythic selfhood.
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"Girl, In Vitro" – brainrot anthology (Fifth Wheel Press, 2025)
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"3 FFXIV Poems" – Cartridge Lit (2025)
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Three Final Fantasy XIV poems exploring identity, avatarhood, and chosen family in online worlds.
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"Five Poems" – DREGINALD (2023)
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"I Am Not Your Golden Goose" – West Trestle Review (2022)
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"The Wolf Writes A Sonnet" – Primeval Monster (2022)
Forthcoming:
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"i feed myself carne asada fries..." – ANMLY (2026)
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A transgressive, transmasculine poem exploring food consumption, desire, and digital subculture.
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“the prince of nashville, the regatta kid, and the track star” — Cimarron Review (2026)
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“Call Me Beau” — Bloodlust Magazine (2026)
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“Deborah Sampson Addresses Sarah Phillips for the Pennsylvania Gazette” — PBS Kids: Our Turn to Thank You! Vol. 2 (2026)
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"Three Poems"— Exacting Clam (2027)
Fiction, selected
Published:
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"Lover Girl Mania" – Nowhere Girl Collective (2025)
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"Sun-Roasted Wasps" – Youth of Letters (2025)
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"Eulogy" – Nowhere Girl Collective (2024)
Forthcoming:
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"u + <3 = lock and key?" – Exacting Clam (2027)
Early Works & First Publications
Published:
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"Shuffled Playlist on Young Love (Not Spotify Premium because we’re too poor for that.)" – Exposition Review (2019)
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First literary magazine publication. Sentimental, sharp, and sparse—just like teen love.
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"You Strike Me" – This Moment (WriteGirl Publications, 2019) †
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My first print publication, featured in an award-winning anthology by WriteGirl.
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† Originally published under a previous name.
Identity Note:
Some earlier work was published under a different name. I am a nonbinary transmasculine writer, and I now publish as Rayne Alarcio.