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Psych Ward

Three months on the sofa Spent falling down Then three weeks a dead tree Stuck in the ground Unable to fool them Unable to eat Unable to wash Or get to my feet I can’t bear to stay But can’t even leave Ground down to nothing A body that breathes And now I am stuck … Continue reading Psych Ward

Wherever I Go

Wherever I go I go alone Even the brittle crack of my heartbeat Belongs to a girl I left behind The feet that I go on Leave footprints to the past And the road stretches empty ahead Wherever I go I bring the blade of a thin smile That severs all connections The downward glance … Continue reading Wherever I Go

The Dictatorship

I had forgotten what it felt like to be accused of causing someone to attempt suicide Now memories come back full force and I’m a child again Only a burden I am not myself alone I am part of a collection One they call the girls I can be punished for words That don’t come … Continue reading The Dictatorship

I don’t, I can’t, I won’t

I don’t have the guts you do I’ve turned into a coward laying still and playing dead so I am not devoured I can’t work the way you do Something snapped inside I ask them to repair me But they push me to the side I won’t eat the way you do Each mouthful feels … Continue reading I don’t, I can’t, I won’t

Announcing Steampunk Universe Kickstarter!

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Steampunk Universe Anthology Kickstarter

I come bearing news of a cool new Anthology on the horizon- HERE is a link to the Kickstarter for  Steampunk Universe! You can also click the picture above which is an early cover design by artist James Ng. It’s a fully diverse anthology which takes the genre beyond Victoriana and into different worlds and Universes. Stories … Continue reading Steampunk Universe Anthology Kickstarter

Book Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

‘We are all liars; sometimes we even lie to ourselves.’ Reading We Were Liars makes you glad you don’t belong to the Sinclair family.  Sure, everyone will recognise aspects of their own family life, but the Sinclairs are more than a little emotionally twisted and ridiculously rich. Cadence and her cousins spend their summers on the … Continue reading Book Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Introducing Bad Apple Zine Issue One

So, around two years ago I had an idea of starting up my own online magazine to specialize in dark speculative fiction for the upper end of Young Adult readers.  I wanted to publish stories that are raw and dark and that give voice to those that are often silenced or to issues that are […]

The Life Fragile

In a cocoon the young girl lies dreaming Deep in her mind Arachne is weaving Pale silver threads that might become wings So long as the girl keeps a hold on her dreams Some girls sleep easy and safe in their mind They conjure up laughter, gentle and kind Knowing that soon they will wake […]

Dark Places

I have hid in dark places thrown myself into the night sky hung still as the moon pretending I did not see his arrows whistling by I have slept in high towers turned and tossed in sweaty sheets knowing I was trapped for good and dreaming evil all the while I have danced in the […]