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Sink

He says he never brings girls back to his place because he’s embarrassed about his flat. I tell him that … More

alcohol, childhood, death, fiction, friendship, grief, life, prose, short prose, short story, trauma, writing

Can’t/Won’t Write

Well he asked me what I was passionate about and I said writing, I’m a writer, and he asked me … More

drunk, prose poem, prose poetry, prosetry, secrets, sex, short story, strangers, writing

One Time at Camden Lock

1 / I watch the man in the crumpled white shirt take a swig from his can of Stella and … More

alcohol, Camden Town, crime, life, London, love, memory, mental illness, murder, observation, poetry, prose, prosetry, relationships, short prose, short story

Red Flag

This flash story was originally published in C*nsorship Magazine, June 2021 Overnight, Cordelia built The Savoy out of silk. It … More

flash, flash fiction, prose, relationships, short story, writing

Strong Oak

CW: suicide, death, description of dead body I went past him on the bus. I could only see his feet, … More

alcohol, death, delusions, fiction, mental health, mental illness, Poland, prose, psychiatry, psychosis, short prose, short story, suicide, writing

Recent Publications

Here’s a roundup of some of the work I’ve had published in 2020 so far: Moondance (creative prose) In Parentheses … More

competitions, ezine, flash, flash fiction, lit journal, literary, magazine, magazines, poems, poetry, prose, publications, published, reading, short story, writing

Wednesday, Again

Less than three months into my indefinite stay, Hell froze over. It was a Wednesday afternoon. I remember this because … More

creative writing, dark, death, depression, life, macabre, notebook, prosetry, short prose, short story, writing

The Immaculate Depression

The girl often wondered where it had come from. Why was her life so much darker than yours? than his? … More

books, depression, family, grief, Hijacked Amygdala, life, love, mental health, mental illness, notebook, pain, prosetry, short story, writing

Maladapted Modern Martyrs

On the night we first met, you told me that I would be the death of you. I remember we laughed … More

crime, death, drugs, film, Hijacked Amygdala, love, short story, society, suicide

Part 2 – The Scarecrow

[READ PART 1 HERE] The field did not know how to survive without the farmer. She tried to remember all … More

blogging, death, depression, fairytale, friendship, grief, Hijacked Amygdala, lit mag, love, nature, paranoia, prose, psychosis, relationships, short story, story, suicide, writing

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