The sample below intends to demonstrate the breadth of my work: I love to play with linguistic conventions to give my writing new meaning. The first example is a stylised review aiming to fit a university brief which included adhering to established reviewing conventions. The short(ish) story, Positioning was published at undergrad, for which I was awarded the Peter James Creative Writing and English Literature Award. It has some references to sexual assault. Finally, I’ve included some alternative poetry, which was published in Flight of the Dragonfly.
The Handmaid’s Tale series five review – is it finally time to let go?
The penultimate season of The Handmaid’s Tale sings a tune similar to its predecessors’ series three and four: stagnant plotting, irritating character arcs, and a heavy reliance on pop hits to do the script’s donkey work Spoiler alert: this recaps events from series five. When The Handmaid’s Tale burst onto our screen five years ago,…
Positioning
Womb This is where I’d come – a cocoon for my movement, but only small ones: little kicks, little flicks, little shifts. All safely contained. Nothing I can do here is wrong, impermissible, unacceptable. If only the desire to be here was enough. Sometimes, the more I press, the further away I get. Out in the open: my heart…
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