This story was written on the 17th of December at artFix after a really fun eco-art workshop hosted by Nan and Van. I was never a crafty...

* Youth Worker taking a break to leave the Writer read a little text she wrote, Baia Mare Youth Centre, Write It Out!, 2022 * This is...

1 Lucy slammed the door of her bedroom. Her life was flipped upside down when her Mum decided to quit her HR job and become a full-time...

Poetry is random words you mean to write on paper and that other people try to make sense of. Modern poetry, that is… Or… … all poetry,...

The First Noel I woke up inside a truck surrounded by bags of all sizes filled with drugs by all kinds. A stranger with piercings and...

Have yourself a merry little Christmas Arteus pulled into one of those truck parking lots and while I was finding the strength to get up,...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year Time passed. I didn’t know how much. One day it started snowing. The hunger and sleeplessness...

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree On the day I turned 18 I signed myself out of the foster home. I had enough of abuse and sadness. It...

The First Noel I woke up inside a truck surrounded by bags of all sizes filled with drugs by all kinds. A stranger with piercings and...

Okay, Sim. You’re on your own now. You have to do this as quickly as possible, otherwise, the predators will get you in no time. It is...

You write a note Emergency at work. Be back late. and stick it to the fridge. You put on a vibrant red dress, but you know you don’t have...

Photo by Jeanine ** Warning! This text contains hate speech, explicit language and it presents a not so pleasant side of reality. The...

It’s 11.25 PM. You’ve just finished your work for the day. The deadlines are piling up and you’re feeling tired. The dishes are also...

I never was a fan of flowers but now I’m realizing that I never looked at them. Poppies. So many of them around here - I have some in my...

I wish I lived in South-East London. Oh, wait… I live in South-East London. Well, I wish I lived in South-East London on the same street...

I was supposed to write about my life in this “pandemic” as they call it, but as I was too busy sleeping, eating and making the world a...

18.04.2020 This is the day my childhood ends. After 14 years of being a very good boy, my old friend, Blacky, has passed away peacefully....

Zoya, you need to put on a warm coat! It’s only March. What if it’s gonna start raining or snowing? You can’t wear that outside… All...

I wanted to tell you about the rain (and sleet) that fell today in London; and the wind that’s still howling through the half-open...

I have new shoes that must be worn outside Looking out my window, people walk their dogs, The sun, the mud and puddles they're all...

I went to buy potatoes because it was sunny. It was sunny because it’s London… probably not. Maybe it was sunny because I had to go buy...

i hate writing sometimes. the act of writing. i hate starting it. i think i generally hate starting. so many rules and letters and words...

It was an awful and cold winter in Lapland. Even the reindeers had to wear warm clothes, just so they could go out of their stables that...