A Faithful Murder
As a kid you fed the crows in the garden behind your parents’ house. You liked that they learned not to be afraid of you over time.
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Falling Out the Right Tree
Originally publishing in Catflap magazine (November 2021) There were two reasons I became a champion tree climber as a child. Firstly, because I loved it, the shapes of the branches…
Should I Be Writing at a Time Like This?
For every person I’ve met proclaiming the necessity for real art, I’ve met at least two more people too terrified to share their passion. Asking a young writer, still trying to find their voice in a world of such infinite mass media and “content”, to compare themselves to James Baldwin… That seems unfair. Either shape a generation or shut up? Should we be joking at a time like this?
Watch It Burn
I have always watched fires burn. As a child, playing with matches Older, piling the wood in the grate better than my dad Later as a circus performer until my…
Advice for Girls Burnt as Witches in Past Lives
Advice for girls who wake up smelling smoke: the fire isn’t lit yet, And if they come to take you to the pyre scratch every bit of them you can…
Sustainable Lifestyle Bloggers Lie But it’s OK
The problem with “sustainable lifestyle” bloggers is that they’re liars. That does not mean that they are always lying on purpose or that a sustainable or minimalist lifestyle is…
Soil
My mother says when her hands are inside the soil that is how she goes to church. It took me two decades to really understand. It took me finding my…
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