Grey Eyes

Time for a break from the short stories! Get ready for an emotional little poem I wrote called ‘Grey Eyes’, where I experimented with the formatting a little through indenting (completely inspired by my recent studies of Christina Rosetti in college, by the way) and really focused on the placement of the words within the poem. I hope you enjoy it!

EUTR – Three Years

Hi! This is the fifth short story from my upcoming LGBT+ short story/advice collection, Everything Under The Rainbow! You can find out more about it on my Upcoming Releases page – just click here! Three Years covers the worryingly-long waiting lists for the NHS gender clinic and how it can affect trans people waiting for their first appointments. Read on to find out how Jessica comes to terms with this in Three Years!

EUTR – Dad Jokes

Hey there! Here’s the fifth short story from my upcoming LGBT+ short story/advice collection, Everything Under The Rainbow! You can find out more about it on my Upcoming Releases page – just click here! Dad Jokes covers coming out to family members, but don’t worry – this is a happy story! Read on to find out how Lily comes out to her dad in Dad Jokes!

EUTR – It Itches In The Dark

Today we’ve got the fourth short story from my upcoming LGBT+ short story/advice collection, Everything Under The Rainbow! You can find out more about it on my Upcoming Releases page – just click here! It Itches In The Dark covers the problem of gender dysphoria, specifically for trans males around their chests. As a trans man who struggles with chest-related gender dysphoria myself, it was a bit of a tough write, but definitely worth it. Read on to find out how Cyrus deals with his gender dysphoria keeping him awake in It Itches In The Dark!

EUTR – Smoke Rings & Pride Flags

Hey! This is the third short story from my upcoming LGBT+ short story/advice collection, Everything Under The Rainbow! You can find out more about it on my Upcoming Releases page – just click here! Smoke Rings & Pride Flags covers both the general youth issues of underage smoking and peer pressure as well as the information that gay and lesbian people in the UK are more likely to smoke than straight people. Read on to find out how Jason deals with fitting in and avoiding peer pressure at a youth group in Smoke Rings & Pride Flags!

EUTR – Will You Go–

Here’s the second short story from my upcoming LGBT+ short story/advice collection, Everything Under The Rainbow! You can find out more about it on my Upcoming Releases page – just click here! Will You Go– covers the rather serious issue of homophobic bullying, specifically in schools, while also shedding light on the difficulties for LGBT+ young people around relationships. Read on to find out how Amber deals with two difficult situations colliding in school in Will You Go–!

EUTR – Summer Solitude

Welcome to the very first short story from my upcoming LGBT+ short story/advice collection, Everything Under The Rainbow! You can find out more about it on my Upcoming Releases page – just click here! Summer Solitude covers how important LGBT+ groups can be, specifically those in schools. Holidays can seem like lonely and isolating times for young LGBT+ people who aren’t out to their families, or who are facing difficult situations at home. Read on to find out how Charlie’s LGBT+ group tries to solve that problem in Summer Solitude!

The Smokers

With this poem, I’ve attempted to translate the everyday into something a little more poetic. Unusually (at least for me), I put a lot of effort into creating a rhythm for the words, rather than just letting the words flow and seeing how they end up. The first line swam through my head during a day in college with such a particular sound that I couldn’t help but be captivated by this normal yet morbidly beautiful idea. Thus, this poem was created. You can read it now!

Cliff

I’ve got a relatively short but poignant poem prepared for you today! Cliff takes the physical image of a cliff and twists it into a metaphor so that it stands for the self–in this case, my self. At only two stanzas long, it’s definitely not one of my more wordy pieces, but it was written at a fairly thoughtful time in my life and rereading it has conjured up those same emotions and thoughts I was experiencing then. It was interesting, at least, and I hope you find reading it just as interesting!