Creative Writing

I have always enjoyed writing and was first 'published' aged 5 in the school magazine, when I wrote a story about a snail who used a fresh strawberry every morning as her lipstick. But one morning she picked an unripe one, and ended up with green lipstick instead of red.

The stories here have come from my imagination, often including elements of symbolism, surrealism and quirky (sometimes dark/deranged) humour. They are based on different ideas/themes, but are all, in one way or another, tales of transformation.

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Digging for Treasure - A Journey through the Astrological Symbolism of the Planets

This has been published on the website of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids in their collection of online resources. It is a fairytale of sorts, with further pages of in-depth explanation into the symbolism used.

DIGGING FOR TREASURE

Elemental Alchemy

A short story, featuring a giant violin and a faux wolf fur rug that can't stop howling at the moon.

ELEMENTAL ALCHEMY

Living the Dream

Surrealism and dark humour prevail, featuring 'The Gorgeous One', a living breathing designer handbag with bright pink lips in place of a clasp, and a kleptomaniac magpie/spider creature. A cautionary tale of the perils of consumerism.

LIVING THE DREAM

A Fishy Tail - The Story of a Maidmer

A weird and slightly deranged story of a Maidmer (a round the wrong way Mermaid). A 'moral' tale, which also references some of our planet's political/ecological issues.

Illustrations for this and the printed 'zine' version can be seen HERE.

A FISHY TAIL