Nobody can save me. Not from myself, nor the elements. Thunder electrocutes my heart. Utterly barbecued —The grill marks resemble … More
Tag: literature
Vampires in the Closet: Christina Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market’
Author’s Note: This is an academic article I wrote on Christina Rossetti’s poem, Goblin Market.
There’s Womb at the Inn
Ten years ago, I was sitting in my media studies class, buzzing with the urge to run away. I had … More
Mining the Red Wheelbarrow
so much dependsupon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the whitechickens —The Red Wheelbarrow, William Carlos Williams When I … More
They Don’t Pack Light, Do They?
Hen sat at the bus shelter in a blueberry coat with a tissue tucked in the right sleeve. Her carer … More
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Journey into Folk Horror: Young Goodman Brown (1835)
First published anonymously in the April 1835 edition of The New England Review, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown is considered … More
The Tsundoku (積ん読) Collective
Tsundoku (積ん読): The phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one’s home without reading them. The term … More
June Diary ’24
The fresh, pink jelly of twenty-seven trips around the sun hits my soul. I spend the day eating cake and … More
Mathilda by Mary Shelley: Acts of Creation
I’m sure we can all acknowledge the pressing fact that the surroundings we grow in shape us into who we … More
Pozzywallah: Dr. Wintooth and the Giant Hogweed
Author’s Note: This is the first tale to come out of Pozzywallah! Share with everyone you know! Read it to … More