Hi, I'm Michelle, a writer who loves words in almost every form they take.
Freelance writing, literary curiosity, and the occasional deep dive into ancient history.
Short Story - Crime
2021
Women of the night made their rounds through Southwark, each corner accounted for, the unspoken rules of the trade quietly observed. Nearby, old fishermen gathered at the Cat and Custard Pot tavern, drinking away their sorrows, unable to afford a fille de joie, as the French would have it.
Maggie Goodall, however, was no prostitute…
Memoir
2021
“There is no brain damage. Surgery will still happen in five months’ time. The condition is called non-syndromic metopic craniosynostosis.”
I start drowning again in a familiar haze.
Poem - Terza Rima
2021
Sweat rises on my brow and I hold my breath—
the end is close now, my mind broken on its chain.
Birthed—look how he slumbers—and I quiver near to death.
Hush, hush now. Close your eyes and rest.