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The Lucid Dream Reality of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami
I was in a lucid dream reading this…
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"Make a link between the two" ...
I wrote these three shorts during a one-day writing class at Faber Academy last year. We were prompted on the spot with a brief direction only and given…
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Cultural phenomenon - Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
I started it and after a few pages, I knew I wanted to inhale this book. Could not put it down even if I wanted to, and didn’t want to (read on the…
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The beautifully rotten world of Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
Grotesque is mainly narrated by the unnamed ‘Watashi’ (“I” in Japanese) Hirata, but it is about the monstrous beauty of her younger sister, Yuriko, and…
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The lies I told myself in my early 20s… or how I gaslighted myself to be miserable
Family life lies When I was 20 years’ old, I used to think, and be convinced even, that I should and would be married to ‘the love of my life’ ‘my…
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Diary Entries - Raw Thoughts #2
I haven’t even kissed him and I know he’s enough. I have only ever hugged him and I don’t want to let go. Red lipstick on his cheek, if I could …
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Diary Entries - Raw Thoughts
#1 You know, I really need someone to hug me and not let go for a few seconds. Someone who actually cares and would hold me.
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