M. Lucero

Wrought-Iron Bench at White Point Gardens

August 4, 2020August 5, 2020Carolina Bay Serial Novellas by M. Lucero

Chapter I. A Missing Pixel

Yesterday, on his birthday, Erlon Rivers was mistaken for a ghost…

July 20, 2020August 5, 2020Essays & Articles by M. Lucero

Charleston & the Caribbean Connection

Charleston’s foodways, language, folklore, art & architecture, and history are all evidence of a connection to the Caribbean that shaped not only the city itself, but the entire South as a region, and the nation as well.

July 6, 2020July 7, 2020Blog by M. Lucero

Revelation & Reckoning:
Trials with Gender, Shame, and Trauma

This is my attempt to be recklessly, unabashedly open about what has probably brought me more shame than anything in my entire life.

July 2, 2020July 19, 2020Essays & Articles by M. Lucero

Blind Hills and Tar Pits:
The Swamps of Folklore in Toni Morrison’s Tar Baby

By employing strands of existing and original folklore in the novel, Morrison depicts multiple ways in which her characters become trapped and freed, as well as how and whether they succeed in so freeing themselves.

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Serial Novellas Southern Dust by M. Lucero

Thanks & Acknowledgments

That one took a lot longer than I expected.

May 16, 2020May 18, 2020Serial Novellas Southern Dust by M. Lucero

Epilogue: The Patients of a Saint

“You want me to go in with you?”

May 13, 2020May 17, 2020Serial Novellas Southern Dust by M. Lucero

Chapter XI. Epithalamion

It was late afternoon when Devin arrived at Laurel Oak…

May 1, 2020May 13, 2020Serial Novellas Southern Dust by M. Lucero

Chapter X. Lamar Alone

Lamar did not answer Devin’s calls or texts the week that followed the art walk…

April 12, 2020May 13, 2020Serial Novellas Southern Dust by M. Lucero

Chapter IX. A Scent from Beyond the World

On third Fridays every other month, the city’s French Quarter galleries opened doors to anyone strolling in off the streets…

March 6, 2020May 13, 2020Serial Novellas Southern Dust by M. Lucero

Chapter VIII. Rivers Meet

She didn’t tell Lamar what she had actually seen in the woods till later that evening, in his studio…

January 23, 2020May 13, 2020Essays & Articles by M. Lucero

Behind the Mask:
An Enneagram Analysis of the Star Wars Saga

Like Vader, we all hide behind masks that protect us from the harsh, sometimes toxic outer world; and as with Vader, healing means learning to remove the mask, to return to and reveal our truest selves.