I am a fiction writer who finds inspiration in the strange, tender, and ordinary moments of human experience.
Originally from Michigan and currently based in New York City, I write stories about connection, uncertainty, and the hidden worlds people carry within themselves.
I hold a B.A. in English Literature and Writing from Northern Michigan University. My work has been published in Euphemism Literary Magazine and The Potomac Review.
Megan McKay
My Work
I’m interested in character-driven fiction that puts emotional interiority at the center of the story. I’m especially drawn to strong, distinctive character voices, and I like when the way a character thinks and speaks shapes the world of the story itself.
Story title: “What’s Taken and Whats Kept”
Published in The Potomac Review: Spring 2026 Issue
“What’s Taken and What’s Kept” follows a young girl navigating the tension between her faith, a compulsion to steal, and her growing feelings for her best friend. As these impulses begin to overlap, she struggles to understand the shape of her desire and the quiet ways it disrupts the life she has built for herself.
Story title: “Fortunate”
Published in Euphemism Literary journal: Spring 2024 Issue
“Fortunate” centers on a young woman who has lost her brother and, with him, the last connection to her family. Rather than collapsing under grief, she retreats into a detached and peculiar way of moving through the world. With a new inheritance and no one left to answer to, she is forced to reckon with the unsettling question of what comes next.
The Goings of Growing Podcast
Once a month, I release a poetry podcast where I read poems I love out loud, including work by poets such as Ted Kooser, Sylvia Plath, Marie Howe, and Dorianne Laux. The project is a way for me to slow down with language and share the work that has stayed with me and inspired me.