Creative Nonfiction
Palmistry
The Curae Anthology, November 2023
Shortlisted for the Curae Prize 2023 for non-fiction, Palmistry explores mother-daughter relationships, the caring role, and the difficulty of maintaining a separate sense of self outside the identity imposed by motherhood.
The Curae Anthology is published by Renard Press, with all profits going to UK Carers Charities.
Roman Road
Originally published in The Mechanics Institute Review, September 2022.
Do ghosts exist? Yes, they do. I know this because I’m being haunted. The ghost stains the air around a stretch of pavement next to the park on Roman Road. Roman Road is in Easton, an urban neighbourhood just northeast of Bristol’s city centre. […]
Conduit
Magical Women, August 2020.
The tap, tap, tap of your foot under the table, your eyes flitting, your kind smile, your pauses, your quiet confidence and inability to settle, all feel like coming home when we first meet. […]