I record and publish text as
art practice.
Films
Decay (coming soon)
A lyric essay, full of poetry and photography, exploring the reasoning behind fanatical and extremist politics and religion in Midwest America. Raised in rural Iowa, Gret Heffernan returns home to care for her mother and looks closely at her family and community. Backlash Press, 118 pages.
A hand-made zine. FOREST is an artist collaboration between artist Patricia Thornton and writer Gret Heffernan.
A noir romance about a French Haitian sculptor with Voodoo ancestry who can resurrect the dead, and his love for Elora, an abused singer, in a small Illinois town ruled by a white supremacist sheriff. With India ink illustrations by Robert Littleford.
An artist book of new writing and artwork inspired by Victor B. Neuburg and the Vine Press, made with Justin Hopper and other artists.
Near-future Britain, after the end of oil and in the grip of an epidemic. A poet, a clairvoyant and a shapeshifter set out to stop a possessed prophet who is harvesting survivors’ DNA, and race to save an infant carrying the seed of a new planet. Fantasy for readers 13+.
Readings
Text + Image
Composed
An index of art, text, and ideas that resonate. My journal and newsletter, on Substack.