creative writing – Page 2

Damon Rake

Obligatory link to Alice and the Warden The night that I named all of the characters, I browsed through a

When I started writing Alice and the Warden, I decided that I wanted it to be a three pronged love

Describing my stories is significantly harder than writing them. It’s kind of funny, really, how when I strip out all

I feel like I’m writing the baby too much like a prop. I’m always mindful to make sure that she’s

Gertie arrived first, letting herself through the gate into the backyard with a white paper gift bag in hand. She

Alice sulked in bed with a number of candy wrappers lying around her, darkly thinking back to how much she

It was a quarter to noon when Alice woke up, with burning eyes and a heavy head. She sniffled as

Dark and windy. The crickets are giving a steady chirp, punctuated by wind chimes and rustling leaves. The roar of

I decided to change the featured image for this story, just because it’s been going for a few months. Felt

I started writing Alice and the Warden back in February, when I was about halfway through my pregnancy with baby