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The Furies
We we we three, loose the vipers from our heads and tend our venomed curls. Sister, sister, sister. Our eyes glow with a dreadful light. Most fearsome of all, our fat and fertile bodies. Woman kind. Our drooping breasts, our dripping quims. Our thighs shake when we walk; two towers of jellied…
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Seaglass
We have to look carefully to see it. But the beach is spotted with flecks of green and white and blue. Sharp, manmade litter, battered into beauty by the sea. I comb the sand with the toe of my boot in search of these treasures, like a gull mining for dead crabs. Brown sea…
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Fellowship
‘What are we holding onto, Sam?That there’s some good, in this world, Mr Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for. ‘ I am a paranoid schizoaffective; at least, that’s what it says in my medical file. But paranoia seems redundant now, with the world swept up in disaster. Reality is worse than what I can imagine.…
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Rings of Growth/The Secret History
The Secret History turns thirty this year, a few months after I reached my third decade. A coincidence that feels somewhat significant; Tartt’s smash debut has been part of my life since I was fifteen, and first fell in love with those aloof, murderous Classics students. The way I write owes a weighty debt to…
Quen Took 