Maya Dworsky-Rocha

Speculative author

she/they

Dr. Maya Dworsky-Rocha is a cultural anthropologist, which means she thinks people are kind of neat. She writes about real things, less real things, and outright lies. They live in Oregon with their wife and family.

Short stories

  • Ma'am, This Is A Fruit Stand

    Goblins heading to market

  • Godiva of The Broken Shell

    An act of public decency

  • Family Constitutional

    Grass is the last thing you’ll ever touch

  • Otherwise Aliyahs

    Friends can grow worlds apart

  • Night Feeding

    Mom Nom

  • Bog Witch

    Something Wicked That Way Went

  • Bookends

    Dreaming after the world ends

looking for romance?

Maya and her co-author Anna Catalano write contemporary romantic comedies together under the name Sylvia Barry

Check out the Lessons Series

check out the drafting through life writer’s workshop

Over the years Maya has collected a truly amazing group of people who also all happen to be writers. We discuss writing, editing, and the increasingly fallow field of publishing.