brainstorm city

ideas come often, yet they have no where to go.

but i must admit

“but i must admit i miss you quite terribly. the world is too quiet without you nearby. i go to bed early and rise late and feel as if i have hardly slept at all.”

The Definition of You and Me

In which I am you, you are me, and we are the moments that define us.

Aquarium Friday and Other Stories

An ode to my poetic incompetence. This collection consists of five poems and one short story, Aquarium Friday.

over the sea

you are a tidal wave and she is constantly out of reach.

centuries

❝and yet i pretend not to know why your image is painted in my eyes.❞ poetry #216 [© afterwords 2015]

Where Things Begin to Fall

"that's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones." a series of (short) stories in which people never get their way.

thirty first dates

“I’ll see you again, right?” “No, I don’t think so.” ➸ ➸ Brie is tired of being alone. She wants to be half of the couple who makes people sick with how cute and adorable they are. She assigns her sister in law to set h...

In Seattle

Aubrey and Dan are just ordinary citizens of Seattle, wandering around living their life. But so are Jasmine and Greer. Jason is too - and Sam. They are all children of this Earth, and somehow their lives are intertwined, and as these ordinary individuals go about their ordinary lives, they start to realise how unordi...

Goddess

if nothing else works, call your mom. poetry #9

the thing about love

love and all its classic and not so classic forms. [in which claire writes and compiles about love].

This Is Why

"If it weren't for the spaces between our fingers, our hands would never interlock. Maybe this space between us, this 9,614 kilometre space, would bring us closer still. Or not." This is the story of Phoebe and her first heartbreak. This is also the story of her restoration.

Kathy With A K's Song

"Oh my darling, when you smile, it is like a song" - "Obviously," She started. There was a nervous shake in her voice that made me tilt my head in her hands. "Obviously you don't understand the agreement." She repeated after quickly composing herself. I rolled my eyes, but let her continue. "Where you go, I go. Where...