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  • Poetry

    A Benediction

    January 31, 2026 /

    You hold its memories in your hands Its heartbeat in your eyes

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    Queen of the Moonlight

    January 29, 2026 /

    A poem about devotion, hunger, and what it costs to be seen.

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  • Novel Updates

    Novel Update: January 14, 2026 – How Horror Became a Subgenre

    January 15, 2026 /

    A novel update exploring how dissociation, generational trauma, and phenomenological consciousness shape psychological horror from the inside out.

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    Novel Update: January 4, 2026 — Writing the Sentient House

    January 5, 2026 /

    The house is not given a voice, but it is allowed a consciousness—one filtered through the character’s perception.

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  • Novel Updates

    Novel Update: December 28, 2025 — POV and Psychological Ambiguity

    December 29, 2025 /

    A behind-the-scenes look at revising Chapter 1 of my novel, exploring POV, psychological ambiguity, and how the supernatural is filtered through perception.

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  • Personal Essays

    The Quiet Weight of Guilt

    December 15, 2025 /

    Those weeks where you feel constantly on alert but too bone-tired to respond. 

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    Novel Update: December 3, 2025 — The Rugged Coastline

    December 4, 2025 /

    I hope this makes you wonder and maybe even send frissons of anticipation.

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  • Personal Essays

    Before I Could Write

    December 4, 2025 /

    The child who sits alone is not always lonely.

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  • Poetry

    The Gentle Word

    December 1, 2025 /

    A poem that begins with a single word and spirals softly downward.

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  • Poetry

    Acorn Fire

    November 19, 2025 /

    Sometimes the acorn needs fire to populate.

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