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Diary: May ’24

“I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow, the million moving shapes and cul-de-sacs of shadow.…

Creative Writing, diary, essay, literature, Personal

Junkyards of the Mind

Author’s Note: Ask any writer and they will show you the scrap heap residing in their notebooks and USB sticks: the…

Creative Writing, essay, Fiction, writing

Kafka’s Bug

In just a four days, I will be turning twenty-seven years old. For most people, this will make me sound…

birthday, essay, kafka, philosophy, ramblings

The Philistine at Downing

To Rishi Sunak Garish ghouls in their wooden cabinet send our coins to burn to a cinder.  Woken by the…

literature, Poetry, Political Poetry, Politics

Migration as a Bloodletting

Author’s Note: Happy Gemini season! I will be turning twenty-seven on the 28th of May. This makes me a Gemini…

Architecture, Culture, lifestyle, philosophy, psychology

Drowning in Narcissus’ Pond

A✨narcissist✨will create a revolving door of praise around themselves. They will ensure that nobody believes your side of the story.…

Naricissism, philosophy, Pyschology, Therapy

Slouching Towards Black-Winged Dreams

Having always been married to the mystical, documenting my dreams is like breathing: it comes naturally. If you trawled through…

books, Dreams, literature, Science, spirituality

The Many Figs of the Hot Lit Girl Trend

Author’s Note: This was published on my Substack back in October, but the “hot lit girl” debate has arisen once…

essay, Literary Criticism, Op-Ed

Diary: April ’24

“Now the babies are crying, I must take them out to tea.” —The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume II “April…

Poetry, Stage, Theatre, writing community

Hanahaki

“Hanahaki disease (花吐き病 (Japanese); 하나하키병 (Korean); 花吐病 (Chinese)) is a fictional disease where the victim of unrequited or one-sided love…

japan, North West, Poetry, writing community

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