Hello… it’s been a while! I had a weird year in 2022 (divorce, moving house, immense amounts of social anxiety, a healthy dollop of depression) so I haven’t posted here in quite some time. However, I have been forcing my presence upon the internet in other places, chiefly Medium where I’ve penned such ‘hit’ articles […]
I guess you could say I went out with a bang. There was certainly a sickening thud as my body made contact with the car bonnet. But actually, other than those final few seconds before everything went black, the last day of my life was unbearably dull. I ate a cheese and pickle sandwich for […]
Lit Up published my short creative nonfiction piece about losing my dad. It’s not the most cheerful thing I’ve ever written but we can’t write fun stories all the time, I guess! His skin is too thin. Not papery — not that frail— but like the corners of a paperback that have been crumpled up and […]
Are you a dog person? Do cats freak you out? Do you see the tiny face and giant eyes of a feline and feel a shudder run through you, as though you’ve gazed directly into the soul of the devil himself? I used to be like you. A bite from a cat — a cat […]
Dear Lost Forks, I’d like to begin by thanking you for your vital, if short-lived, service. Over the past few months, you have done important work in aid of my taste buds and my stomach. You helped me to shovel pasta into my mouth at a rate that is almost superhuman. You allowed me to mash […]