“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself” — Simone De Beauvoir — When was I born? I was born on the 28th May 1997, which makes me almost twenty-four years old. Where am I from? I am from Greater Manchester, England. Ok, now we have got the questions your doctor might ask you out the way; let’s dig into what I think you really ought to know about me.

An Interview With Courtenay S. Gray — Parody Miss Gray finishes making her breakfast, consisting of two poached eggs on a bed of tomatoes and onions. We sit down at her round glass kitchen table, taking gulps of water from the wine glasses she has given us. The moon is…

My reasons for my absence — I have been away from Medium for the past month or so. Let me tell you the reasons why. 1. Energy Input vs Reward When I joined Medium back in April, the prospects looked far rosier than they were. I wasn’t aware of how competitive and unfair Medium was as a platform. Ever since I…

Flash Fiction — Cherry sits alone at the bar. She holds an espresso martini in her shaking hand. Stage fright. The bar is her stage to perform for the men in the room. She has come to pick up a man that she can obsess over and lust after. The bar is swanky…

Flash fiction — As I’m travelling down the main road, another car starts to tailgate me. I take my foot off the accelerator for five seconds which slows the vehicle momentarily. My driving instructor taught me that this is usually enough for idiots to get the message and drop back. However, this person…

A story inspired by the works of Haruki Murakami. — Tokyo is freezing at this time of year. The snow crumbles beneath your feet like broken dreams. I have just bought Dango on a stick. It is my favourite thing to eat at this time of year. It’s the first time I have left my apartment in a month, as…

How to tell when someone doesn’t care about your work — I recently read this article by Celine Lai Why I Stopped Submitting to the Big Publications Should you submit to big Publications?medium.com Reading this article brought a few thoughts to mind, which I will share with you in this article. First, I find that there are too many posts about what you should do to be accepted into publications and how you should format…