My name is Krissy and I write a lot. If I didn’t, I’d wither and die.

You’re about to experience a stream of not-so-humble brags about my writing achievements. Because this is how people get work nowadays.

Welcome to my website. Let the charming boasts begin.

After working in video production right out of college, one day I decided on a whim that I wanted to be a journalist instead. So I stumbled upon an “orgasmic meditation” cult and wrote about it, which landed me Gonzo-style sex columns in the San Francisco Bay Guardian and Bay Area Reporter. After that, I slipped into the role of editor at California, UC Berkeley’s mag, where I dove into writing about Bigfoot, UFOs, mind-controlling fly fungus, plant consciousness, and all manner of weird things. I then tumbled into a job working in aerospace, writing about fantastic satellite and rocket stuff.

Now, I’ve fallen into writing transgressive, comedic fiction—doing live readings all over Portland, Oregon. Many of which are recorded and featured on Chuck Palahniuk’s Substack.

And yeah, it’s true. I should probably watch my step. This writing thing is a slippery slope.

But I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Selected works for your reading pleasure

Sentient Plants: A Product of Nature or Human Imagination?

Greetings from Willow Creek: The Bigfoot Capital of the World

My short story, “The It Factor,” was published in Hellbound Books’ Monsters Monsters Monsters Monsters anthology in December of 2021.

CRYPTOZOOLOGY/PARANORMAL

The Man, The Myth and The Legend of Grover Krantz

So, Why Do People Believe In Bigfoot Anyway?

The “Great American Eclipse” Passes Over Nicolas Cage’s Tomb

Iceland’s Incredible Inedible Sea Monsters

Here For The Boos: My First Ghost Hunt

Slender Man: A Perfect Monster For Our Time

There’s No Sasquatch Conspiracy Afoot, Scientists Say

5 Things Philip Dick Got Right: A Total Recall of Electric Sheep

Terence McKenna: Did “Masculine Science” Cause UFO Sightings?

Big Fur: A Taxidermy Documentary That’s Stuffed with Surprises

Mark Twain’s Bloody Kitten Man of Kearny Street

Can Talking to Plants Help Us Talk to Aliens?

SCIENCE/TECH

I Learned What Blockchain Is So You Won’t Have To

Does Science Benefit From the Search for Sasquatch?

Don’t Mind If I Do: Mind-Controlling Fungus Infects, Hijacks Fly

Not So Much a Tweet Storm as a Peregrine Plunge

Science Says: Power Doesn’t Always Corrupt

One Sleepless Night Can Alter How You Perceive Everyone Around You

Flu Vaccines: A Long Shot, But Better Than Nothing

Spinach Can Send Emails (Or Can It?)

Australian Government May Give Herpes to Carp

POLITICS/LAW

Money Talks: What’s a Fair Price for Free Speech?

Ann Coulter at Berkeley: Untangling the Truth

The Struggle Continues: Checking in With Revolution Books

SEX

A Stranger Touched My Clit and I Liked It: My Adventures with the OneTaste “Sex Cult”

Vanilla Shift: Sex Writing—and Maybe Sex Itself—Takes a Turn for the Conservative (From the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s Final Issue)

On “dysfunction,” freaking out, and my huge, THC-fueled orgasms

Explosive Sexual Healing hurts so … good?

Two Fingers in The Ass Ain't Bad

Finding His Tribe: The Art of Charles Gatewood

GENDER ISSUES

A Dream Deferred: What President Oprah Might Look Like

His, Hers, and Theirs: UC Berkeley’s Universal Locker Room

I Can Fry if I Want To: Why Are Females Chided for Vocal Tics That Guys Use Too?