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Strip Tease

London, 2015 standing on the platform of Piccadillythe woman beside me flicks her TescoClubcard between her French acrylics.the man opposite…

depression, love, narcissism, Poetry, writing community

Valley of the Dolls

Sleeping with my parent’s divorce lawyer should have felt wrong, but it was rather exciting. I’d spent so many years…

Age Gap, Fiction, Lolita, short story, writing community

Self Portrait as Extracts

Monday I met up with X today. We ate pancakes. He said I look good. I wish he wouldn’t lie.…

depression, diary entries, Epistolary, Fiction, love, writing community

15/03/22

Today has been filled with a lot of worry and tears. Barney (cat) was fine this morning, but he changed…

depression, diary, diary entry, journal, writing community

Sunday, 13th March, 2022

Sunday Breakfast: A packet of crisp & a cup of tea Lunch: Spaghetti Bolognese Dinner: Prosecco For twenty-five years of…

diary, diary entry, journal, nonfiction, thoughts

Diary Entry — 10.03.22

8:00 am: I ate bacon and eggs that nana made. 10:00 am: We picked up X after going to the…

diary, diary entry, Food, Food writing, writing community

Supine

Did you know that Salvador Dali would take small naps with a key in his hand and a dish beneath…

art, death, depression, Fiction, flash fiction, Lana Del Rey, philosophy, Salvador Dali, writing community

Skin

This story was originally published in October by Cody Sexton at A Thin Slice of Anxiety. He went on to…

Long Short Story, Psychological Fiction, Psychological Thriller, short story, writing community

Books I Read In February

4:48 Psychosis – Sarah Kay The Dry Heart – Natalia Ginzburg Metamorphosis – Franz Kafka Recording what I read was…

Book Culture, books, bookworm, Franz Kafka, Natalia Ginzburg, reading, Sarah Kay

Dirty Blonde

Two-pronged claw squeezing bottleneck — a pale gold liquid that drips down her shell. Wrapped in punchtoned cloth, the roofpainted…

depression, love, Poetry, writing community

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