Victoria Waddle

Victoria has had work published in literary journals and anthologies, including Best Short Stories from The Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest. Her books include a novel, Keep Sweet; a collection of short fiction, Acts of Contrition; and a chapbook, The Mortality of Dogs and Humans. Her essay on the harm of sexual purity culture went viral on HuffPost and BuzzFeed. She was formerly a high school English teacher and a teacher librarian. She can be found on the Substack Be a Cactus, (https://VictoriaWaddle.Substack.com) where she writes about book bans and other literary topics.