Hey! I’m Allison. I turn high-concept worlds into playable stories.

I'm a writer and storyteller in love with creating distinct and memorable character voices, world-building through found documents and environmental storytelling, and narrative-driven conveyance.

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Winner of the 2020 North Carolina Prize for Fiction
MFA in Creative Writing - Fiction
2023 IGDA-F Grantee
Narrative design and extensive interactive character dialogue as 1/3 of the Blackheart Collective for 10+ multi-day text-based ARGs and works of remote immersive horror
3 years as a professional editor for Cambridge Proofreading; 5+ as instructor & novel coach at Redbud Writing (Raleigh) — I'm well-equipped to quickly & collaboratively identify writing pitfalls and polish a good concept into a great stort
Community Manager at HealthyGamerGG, with the confidence and EQ to surprise, delight, & adjust to the needs of a diverse community

My experience includes branching gameplay, narration, scriptwriting for live and recorded performances, the creation of various multimedia texts, puzzle refinement, and narrative design. You’ll find some examples below.

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✒️ Literary Writing Portfolio

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And finally…

Before I wrote interactive fiction and ARGs, I was an avid player and participant. While these were not for video games, professionally reviewing different creations gave me skills to evaluate user experience and craft narratives with that perspective in mind. To learn more about what I evaluate in immersive storyrwlling, you can read some of my reviews here, here, and here.

I am very proud of my literary writing, my publications, and having won the 2020 North Carolina Prize for Fiction. If you are interested in reading complete stories or essays, a more casual--or, conversely, more lyrical--voice, or simply to learn more about how my past writing has looked, you can find a list of selected works and awards here.