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Publications

Ink pressed into pages beyond my own — poetry and prose that have found homes in literary magazines and anthologies. Below, a chronicle of what's been published, gathered like pressed flowers between glass.

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Lunae Literature & Review

  • Title: "Shadow Moths"

  • Publication: Lunae Literature & Review, "Mother" (Issue 03)

  • Publication Date: June 2026

  • Link: Read the issue here

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Otherworld Magazine

Cover art for The Otherworld Magazine featuring Ashley Malecha's fantasy poetry "Little Red."

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Otherworld Magazine

  • Title: "Hansel and Gretel"

  • Publication: Otherworld Magazine, "Faerie Fruit" (Autumn 2025)

  • Publication Date: June 2026

  • Link: Purchase PDF Here

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Cover of Luxury Literature Magazine, Issue IV, featuring Ashley Malecha's poetry "Before You Held Me."

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Luxury Literature Magazine

  • Title: "Before You Held Me"

  • Publication: Luxury Literature Magazine, Issue IV, "Made of Clay"

  • Publication Date: September 25, 2025

  • Link: Read the issue here

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Catheartic Magazine

  • Title: "Want"

  • Publication: Catheartic Magazine, Issue 8, "Yours Truly"

  • Publication Date: September 14, 2025

  • Link: Read the issue here

The cover of Cathartic Magazine, Issue 08, Summer 2025. The artwork shows a person's face partially covered by their hands.
The cover of Spiritus Mundi Review, Issue 07. The artwork is an abstract painting with sections of bright orange, pink, and b

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Spiritus Mundi Review

  • Title: "Love is a Tree"

  • Publication: Spiritus Mundi Review, Issue 7, "In Bloom"

  • Publication Date: August 5, 2025

  • Link: View the PDF here

Beneath The Garden Magazine

  • Title: "A Loaded Gun" & "Sugar Plums"

  • Publication: Beneath The Garden Magazine, Issue 2

  • Publication Date: January 18, 2025

  • Link: Read the issue here

he cover of the literary magazine, "A Loaded Gun," by Ashley Malecha. The artwork features a purple starburst on a gray backg

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The cover of the literary magazine, "Sugar Plums," by Ashley Malecha. The artwork features a purple, striped candy on a purpl
The cover of Persephone Literary Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 2, from July 2024. The artwork features a skull wearing a crown, w

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Persephone

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The Afterpast Review

  • Title: "How to Love Like a Mother"

  • Publication: The Afterpast Review, "The Imperfect Present"

  • Publication Date: April 10, 2024

  • Link: Read the piece here

The cover of The Afterpast Review, a feminist literary magazine, with white text on a purple background.

My Wattpad Stories

 

You can find my full collection of stories and ongoing works by visiting my Wattpad profile here.

Cover of Ashley Malecha's Wattpad "Fairytale Collection" of retelling poetry.

  • Title: "Seeing Life Through a Different Lens: Capstone Portfolio"

  • Genre: General Fiction

  • Description: This portfolio is a journey through personal history and reimagined fairy tales. Explore what life was like before her family's relocation and her birth, and then see classic stories like Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood through a new, transformative lens.

  • Status: Ongoing

  • Link: Read on Wattpad. 

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  • Title: "Fairytale Collection"

  • Genre: Retelling Poetry

  • Description: A field of poppies, a drop of a potion, and the hounds of Rhiannon await. Step into this collection of retellings and lose yourself in fairytales and myths both old and new, familiar and forgotten.

  • Status: Ongoing

  • Link: Read on Wattpad. 

The cover of The Paper Lantern, Spring 2021 issue. The artwork features a painting of a red rose on a blue background next to

Academic Literary Journals

Paper Lantern

  • "Little Red"

    • Issue: Fall 2019

    • Note: This issue is not available online, but physical copies may be available through Normandale Community College.

  • Issue: Vol. 16, Issue 2 (Spring 2021)

Perceptions

  • Issue: Vol 16 (2024)

    • Contributions: "A Loaded Gun" & "Mon Cherie"

  • Issue: Vol 15 (2023)

    • Contributions: "Invisible Threads" & "Mirror Mirror"

  • Issue: Vol 14 (2022)

    • Contributions: "Visions of Freedom" (short story), "Keys to the Heart" (now titled "Want" in more recent publications), "Love is a Tree", "Curiosity's Cat", "Paper is the Walls You Build Up", "Dance of Alliances", "Hansel and Gretel"

Academic (Literary) Anthologies

  • Telling Women's Stories

    • Contribution: One story

    • Publication: Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU)

    • Publication Date: 2023

  • Telling Women's Stories

    • Contribution: One story

    • Publication: Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU)

    • Publication Date: 2022

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