Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA
Bio
Writer, bookworm, sci-fi space cadet, and coffee+tea fanatic living in Brooklyn. I have an MS in Integrated Design & Media and an MFA in Fiction from NYU. I share poetry on Instagram as @SleeplessAuthoress.
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Salvage, Crime, and a Smile to Die For
Working salvage is the worst job for meeting people. We don full body environsuits, usually the clunkiest, oldest ones that could make a bodybuilder look like a sack of potatoes. What it does to ordinarily built people like myself is even worse.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA3 days ago in Fiction
A Nameless Person in an Empty Place
She felt nameless. It was an easy enough situation to slip into, watching the city slip by during her morning commute. She was as faceless, nameless, and insignificant as every other person on the hover bus. She was just another person dressed up in professional clothes, getting ready to step into her quiet, albeit stressful job, where she sat at a computer for most of the day.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA4 days ago in Fiction
Welcome to the Nightingale Training Program!. Content Warning.
Welcome to the Nightingale Training Program (NTP)! Congratulations on successfully completing the Nightingale Entrance Exam! If you successfully complete the NTP, you will become the grace and glory of Gallia. We wish you success on your journey with us.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA17 days ago in Fiction
My Mental Health Journey in Map Pins. Runner-Up in Maps of the Self Challenge. Top Story - November 2025.
I’m getting on an airplane tomorrow to go to Thailand. It’s my first time going to a destination wedding. I’m tremendously excited, but the act of undertaking a long journey makes me introspective.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA3 months ago in Humans
Don’t Give In to These 6 Writing Doubts
“A word after a word after a word is power.” ― Margaret Atwood There’s power in the written word, but if you’re early in your journey, it’s hard to believe. If you write and write but no one seems to read, it’s hard to keep your confidence. You might even start to lose sight of what makes writing so wonderful and just how much power you have in your hands as a writer.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA3 months ago in Writers
Her Hopes Up in Smoke. Runner-Up in Through the Keyhole Challenge.
We don’t have keyholes. We have warped sheets of plywood as doors. We’ve painted them to make them less utilitarian. A hook and eye fastens the door shut. But my parents’ door has suffered the loss of a few eyes over the years of slammed plywood on the heels of their fights.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA3 months ago in Fiction
