Katie Lynn Johnston or Kae, for short, is a queer, nonbinary, and autistic writer. They hold a BA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago and have been an editor for the Columbia Poetry Review, Mulberry Literary, and Hair Trigger Mag.
Selected work
- Fiction
13
- Nonfiction
2
- Poetry
5

The In-Between
Bodega: Your literary corner store, 2024

Heaven
Teiresian, 2024

The Rebirth
Red Sheep Magazine, 2024

Side Effects
Same Faces Collective, 2023

The Wound
The Spectre Literary Review, 2023

Good Things
Oyster River Pages, 2022

The Last Party
Clackamas Literary Review, 2022

The Abbess
West Trestle Review, 2022

Four tankas
Dire Need Zine, 2022

tights
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose, 2022

At the Party
Pink Pansy Press (defunct), 2022

Rootlocked
KUMQUAT Magazine, 2021

The Flood
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose, 2021

The Room of Eden
Eunoia Review, 2021

Maggie
Sundial Magazine, 2021

portrait or acting
Flare Journal, 2021

None of My Business
Northwest Indiana Literary Journal, 2021

untitled
Lavender Review: Lesbian Poetry & Art, 2020

queer
Le Spectre Politerary Journal , 2020

Sunday
The Spectre Literary Review, 2020