I like to write happy, hopeful posts. I like to talk about celebrating writing successes, however small. But I also like to be honest, and this has been a shit…
‘At last, I have done it!’ The mage spread their hands and cackled at the night sky. ‘I have swept aside the veil of unlife and created a minion capable…
Have I ever told you the story of how queerness ended a vicious feud in my family? So as you might know, I am the eldest of seven siblings. And…
There was a gift on the table. A small box, neatly wrapped in brown parcel paper and twine and a little tag that read ‘Happy birthday!’, unsigned. She unwrapped it…
Every day she added to the jar. Just a thin layer of dirt at first. Then grass. A bit of moss. Seedlings. Sticks. A flower. She pooled water into a…
It was a day both hot and wet, the rain sizzling on the pavement. A young child found their umbrella missing and sighed. Out the window, they saw people running…
You pant as you crest the mountain. Before you lays a vast, still lake, so clear and so brilliant in the setting sun that it appears full of pink clouds…
Beneath a hazy golden sky, you slide down from your forest boulder perch, the soft moss protecting you from scrapes. ‘Prrreek!’ You glance back to see a flash of gold…
Hi, I’m Veo! Not so long ago, my name was Victoria. That name didn’t suit me, so I changed it. Unfortunately, that name was also published on all of my…
Two figures huddled behind a rock, staring through goggled eyes at the smouldering crater where even now a fiery light bloomed. The flaming lioness emerged, her mane sharp rays of…