A recently single, newly-graduated and unemployeed Coraline Novak must confront the present mess of her life by addressing the truths of her past - during the course of one evening at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting her father is hosting. 「 2nd Place Winner of the TMoL One-shot Contest / A re-draft 」

A girl's acceptance of herself, in four parts. 「 Top 10 in The UK Beauty and The Beast Short Story Contest 2017」

The tale of a trio as troubled as they are troublesome.

To Be a Silhouette in a Blue World is a collection of short stories about womanhood, faith, race and identity. i. Flaws of The Female Condition The tale of transgirl accepting herself while others around her cannot. ii. The Brownest Thing is Not Always The Darkest A story about a young muslim woman who shares dinner with the woefully unlikable parents of her lover. iii. To Be a Silhouette in a Blue World The story of the unlikely friendship of two Arab girls. And their yearning for a world beyond the indigo sea. iv. In Which Blood Ruins Everything A story about two Filipino sisters and how the actions of the other have resulted in each their ruinations. [first draft]

「 WATTYS 2019 WINNER 」 the failings of a surgically healed heart, is a series of autobiographical poems arranged into six thematic parts to form a collection which examines the idea of the collective and how that informs individual. i. family an exploration of my relationship with the men and boys in my household and how that has worsened, whilst the opposite is true of the rest of my family ii. immigrant an exploration of the immigrant experience and how as the first child of igbo parents; i was the intermediate between the east and west iii. spirituality an exploration of growing up in the catholic faith and an examination of all its faults and hypocrisies. iv. loving an exploration of friendship, artistry, sexuality, failed romance, but most importantly self-love and all it entails. v. womanhood an exploration of how in many ways puberty was a bitter sweet reality check along with everything that it entailed. vi. catharsis a reflection on the worst period of time in my life where, with hindsight, i come to terms with harsh and lovely realities of life and death.

"Come on hermosa, we could be like Bonnie and Clyde." "I hope you know that they die in the end Spooky." (Oscar Diaz x female OC) (Coming soon)

FIRST LOVE | ❝Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him. In a moment he will realise it's futile.❞ ( WARNING: this story is old and cringe-worthy... brace yourselves, readers ) Cato and Clove first met when they were twelve years old. They were friends at first, but ended up developing mutual crushes on each other and vowed to protect each other from the harsh and cruel games that threatened their existence. So when they are both reaped into the 74th Annual Hunger Games, their devotion and blood-thirst is pushed to the ultimate limit. The beautiful romance of the other star-crossed lovers that no one knew... forever in the stars. First actual story on Wattpad - WOO HOO! [ cato × clove ] [ alternate universe | 74th hunger games ] C O M P L E T E D © starryeyedturtle 2016