author. editor. creator. dreamer & co.
Kayla King Creates and Conjures
Kayla King is an author of fiction and poetry. Her debut poetry collection, The Half-Life of Lying is forthcoming publication March 2026.
She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of three collectives: Pages Penned in Pandemic, The Elpis Pages, and The Elpis Letters with all proceeds donated to charitable organizations.
When Kayla isn’t hyperfixating and overthinking over on Substack, she can be found in her Notes app or working on her sapphic speculative novel where madness and myth collide.
Since receiving her MFA, Kayla has set her sights on publishing the novel conceptualized during her graduate studies. Sooner than later, she will be back in the query trenches, seeking representation, and dreaming bigger than ever.
THE HALF-LIFE OF LYING
Yes, but hear me out. That’s how this book begins.
What follows in The Half-Life of Lying is a lyrical exploration of selves inherited and invented, of mothers and daughters, of lovers and ghosts bound by devotion, rupture, and unfinished conversations.
Tender and unflinching, these poems trace the quiet ways we are shaped by those who came before us, by what we carry and leave behind, and offer a language for becoming, again and again.
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