Step Back into the Dark
Welcome
Hello, my name is Allison Goldstein. I am a poet, writer, dancer, visual artist and Halloween enthusiast who was born and raised in South Florida. I studied creative writing at SUNY Purchase and received my MFA from the California College of the Arts. Over the years, my work has appeared in a variety of literary and cultural publications, including Not Very Quiet, Burnt Pine, Gyroscope Review, Molecule, and Maximum Rocknroll.
In addition to poetry, I also love writing about pop culture, movies, art, travel, and all the wonders and absurdities of life. While you’re here, check out my Spooky Fun Designs Gallery, featuring some of my silly illustrations and artwork. Thanks for coming to my website.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Percy Shelley’s Unbreakable Heart + When You Know It’s Time to Leave
Door is a Jar #40 (Fall 2026)
Construction/Response
Prime Number Magazine #283
The Night Heron
Saw Palm: Florida Literature & Art (Issue 19)
Phantom of the Opera
Last Girls Club – Issue 18
Carnival of Souls – Release – Paper Dragon, Dec. 2024
Carnival of Souls – Muted – Simulacra: BarBar Vol. IV, 2024
Dawn Of The Dead – Molecule, A Tiny Lit Mag, Issue 7, 2022
Pandora’s Kitchen – Not Very Quiet: The Anthology, from Recent Work Press, 2021
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Not Very Quiet: The Anthology
Check out my poem, Pandora’s Kitchen, along with all the other exceptional work from talented poets across the globe in Not Very Quiet: The Anthology, released by Recent Work Press in 2021. You can purchase the anthology directly from Recent Work Press and help support small, independent publishers.
The official anthology description: Over the last five years, from the #Me Too Movement to same-sex marriage, from devastating bush fires to the global pandemic, the online poetry journal Not Very Quiet has dedicated itself to publishing women’s voices from across the globe. Not Very Quiet: The anthology selects poetry that has given voice to the social conscience of the community, constructions of lesbian and queer, the challenges posed to the social construction of gender, as well as the complexities and possibilities of the human condition.
Edited by Moya Pacey & Sandra Renew
