D.A. Straith

I'm D.A. Straith (they/them), and I’m a writer of speculative fiction; a student of the 2025 Clarion West Novel Workshop with my weird queer Arthurian fantasy Every Year the Summer; and a nonbinary transmasculine white settler based in the Greater Toronto Area.Twitter: @dee_straith
Bluesky: @straith.ca

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Short fiction

Published
"The Fishwife Who Killed Death", in On Spec (Vol. 35, No. 2, June 2025)"Things Elan Reacquainted Himself with After Being Broken Out of His Single-Day Time Loop", in Inner Worlds Zine (Issue 3, June 2, 2024)
- Reprinted in Flash Fiction Online, issue 141, June 2025"A Year in the Life of the Drowned Wastewater Plant East of Bellmarsh Village", in Flash Fiction Online (EcoFutures issue, December 2024)“A Thread to Remember You By”, in All Worlds Wayfarer (Issue 17, Winter Solstice 2023)“How to Breathe Water”, in Augur Magazine Issue 6.2 "Fancy and Fantasy" (Winter 2023)“Most Tuesdays, the Optical Illusions Air their Grievances”, in Translunar Travelers Lounge (August 2023)Forthcoming
"Once Upon the Crossing of Mars", in Fusion Fragment (Issue 26, forthcoming October 2025)"Spore & Yeast", in Cosmic Horror Monthly (forthcoming)"The Spider-God's Boon", in Shatter the Sun: Queer Tales of Untold Adventure (forthcoming early 2026)