It’s my fifth year in a row getting accepted into the Aberystwyth MA Anthology! This year’s theme was ‘crossroads’ and I really struggled to come up with a story for … Continue reading ACCEPTANCE: ‘Whitherward?’
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OUT NOW: ‘Necrobiome Love Affair’ in Metamorphosis
My strange little story about the cycles of life, death, and love is now available to purchase in the Metamorphosis anthology!
So happy to be back again with another story in the Aberystwyth MA Anthology. One of the editors called my piece ‘confusingly comforting,’ which I’m pretty happy with!
As I said in my acceptance post, Necrobiome Love Affair is inspired by my current obsession of flies, maggots, and decay. It’s written from the perspective of a dead body and follows the decomposition of the corpse and its relationship to the lifecycles of flies as a metaphor for failed romances. I think people with literary gothic sensibilities will enjoy it: it’s got death, rot, and weird sexual undertones.
Metamorphosis was a great pick for the theme by the editors–there’s just so many ways you can explore it! My pre-ordered copy arrived recently I have flicked through and looked at some of the pieces. So far my favourites are DIY by Fresno Thomas and Ruina by Anna Kosik. But there’s plenty more inside, so there’s sure to be something for everyone!
Metamorphosis is available to purchase from Broken Sleep Books.
Click the link here: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/metamorphosis
OUT NOW! Year of the Tarot: Blades
“Step into the shadowy realm where the Tarot’s Suit of Swords takes on a chilling twist.” With eleven short stories surrounding the theme of blades, this anthology has plenty talent … Continue reading OUT NOW! Year of the Tarot: Blades
ACCEPTANCE: ‘Necrobiome Love Affair’
For the fourth year in a row, I’ve been accepted into Aberystwyth University’s MA Anthology!
This year’s theme was ‘metamorphosis’–I always like to take the themes of these anthologies and turn them into something dark, and this was a particularly fun one.
Inspired by my current obsession of flies, maggots, and decay, Necrobiome Love Affair is a short story with gothic vibes and sexual undertones.
Written from the perspective of a dead body, the story follows the decomposition of the corpse and its relationship to the lifecycles of flies as a metaphor for failed romances.
So happy my streak hasn’t been broken and very excited to see all the other pieces!
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