Rebecca E. Treasure

white woman with long brown hair in a black tank top and tulle skirt with a fish tattoo and sakura earrings smiling at the camera from a meadow

Rebecca is an author of short fiction and novels, the managing editor at Apex Magazine, and the creator of micromagazine Crepuscular. She is represented by Jen Azantian at Azantian Literary Agency.

about me

Rebecca grew up reading in the Rockies and has lived in many places, including Tokyo, Japan & Stuttgart, Germany. Rebecca’s short fiction has been published by or is forthcoming from Flame Tree, Apex Book Company, Apparition Lit, Galaxy’s Edge, Air & Nothingness Press, and others. Rebecca’s novels are represented by Jen Azantian at Azantian Literary Agency. She is the managing editor at Apex Magazine. She is queer and neurodiverse, which informs all of her fiction. Rebecca reads, edits, and writes stories when she’s not playing Stardew Valley or raising her children. She is fueled by cheese-covered starch and corgi fur.


Nonfiction:

Brewing the Potion to Become a Writer of the Future: An Alchemist’s Tale“, December 2019, Writers of the Future Blog

Journey Over Destination“, June 2022, Writers of the Future Blog

Magic in the Cracks“, June 2022, History Through Fiction Blog

Self-Compassion Toolkit: A Conversation on Mental Health and Writing“, August 2022, Apex Magazine

An Editors Perspective“, January 2024, Writers of the Future Blog

Get Bored“, May 2024, Apex Magazine Issue 144

Elements of Flash Fiction, Reach Your Apex, August 2024

Interviews:

Interview with Emily Goodwin

Storyteller Series Podcast with M. Elizabeth Ticknor

Writers of the Future Podcast with M. Elizabeth Ticknor

Chatting With Sherri Podcast Interview, February 2023

WIHM HorrorTree Interview with Angelique Fawns, March 2023

Interview and Flash Fiction Class with Fantástico Guia, October 2023

Fiction:

“Whose Waters Never Fail”, January 2020, A Dying Planet, Flame Tree Publishing

“Little Tom’s Reality”, October 2020, Upon A Once Time, Air & Nothingness Press

  Reprinted October 2022, Etherea Magazine

White Sails and Stormy Seas“, coauthored with M. Elizabeth Ticknor, January 2021, Hold Your Fire, WordFire Press

  Reprinted January 2022, Storyteller Series Print

The Wizard, the Watcher, and the Waif“, January 2021, Storyteller Series, Night Shift Radio

“In Defiance of Death”, July 2021, Unmasked, WordFire Press

“I Will Not Be”, July 2021, Future Perfect in Past Tense, Air & Nothingness Press

  Reprinted January 2023, Alternate Histories, Flame Tree Publishing

Harold’s Hook“, April 2022, Zooscape

“Tsuu Tsuu Kasva Suuremase”, April 2022, Writers of the Future Volume 38, Galaxy Press

No More Rainbow Cascades“, June 2022, NightShift Radio, Storyteller Series Podcast

Homunculus“, August 2022, Seize the Press Magazine

“Time’s Ravages”, March 2023, Hidden Villains: Arise, Inkd Publishing

“An Unkindness”, April 2023, MURDERBIRDS, Unhelpful Encyclopedia Volume One

“A Future Carved from Flesh”, April 2023, Gargantua, Air & Nothingness Press

“Boom Town”, May 2023, Darkness Blooms, The Dread Machine

“Moon and Sky, Feather and Stone”, Issue 62 May 2023, Galaxy’s Edge Magazine

“Silver-Plated Promises”, June 2023, Crimson Bones, Brigids Gate Press

“Deer Dancer”, November 2023, Inner Workings, Calendar of Fools

The Beast That Resides in You, in Me, in the Rain“, January 2024, The Razor Magazine

“Everything, Nothing At All, and All That’s In Between”, January 2024, Apparition Lit Magazine

“Here and Now”, Spring 2024, Murderbugs, WonderBird Press

The Frog Wife“, Summer 2024, Zooscape Magazine

“Silverheels”, April 2025, The Map of Lost Places, Apex Book Company

Scoop“, October 2025, Small Wonders Magazine