July 8, 2021

Persephone looked so beautiful that day. My eyes on her, hers on the flowers. All she wanted was to pluck them, wreathe them, adorn herself in their shredded multicolour. And, gods help me, but I wanted her to wear them. I wanted to see soft petal against soft skin. I wanted to see that look…

June 20, 2021

*Ailurophobia is the medical term for fear of cats. The bunkbeds were a metaphor. Millie’s angry teenage brain had decided this as soon as she saw the room. It was bad enough to be expected to spend a week of her holidays stuck in this stupid cottage in the most boring part of Somerset. Worse…