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Kristina Young is an author, data scientist and software engineer from Bulgaria, Venezuela, and South Africa; currently living in London, UK. She writes poetry and prose (both fiction and non-fiction) often inspired by travel. Her work ranges from modern folkloric tales to dystopian science fiction and travel memoirs.

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Poem: mental health day

Suspended in time
a limbo of duality
unable to do
unable to think

Minor tasks impossible
creative muse blocked
useless, unproductive
letting the body go

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Kristina is Currently Reading

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Memoirs of Montparnasse

by John Glassco

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An Enchantment of Digital Archaeology: Raising the Dead with Agent-Based Models, Archaeogaming and Artificial Intelligence

by Shawn Graham

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