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  • One month of letters

    One month of letters

    Click to read everything I’ve written in January

    crushball

    January 31, 2024
    Uncategorized
  • A Heads up

    A Heads up

    I’m moving to Substack

    crushball

    January 2, 2024
    Uncategorized
  • Helping Yourself

    Helping Yourself

    Details of the coming hiatus and plans for next year

    crushball

    December 15, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • A Day’s Work

    A Day’s Work

    A short story about a recluse and the man who knocks for him

    crushball

    December 8, 2023
    shortstory
    shortstory
  • Glow ups

    Glow ups

    The allure of physical transformations and the unflattering side of them

    crushball

    December 1, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction
  • Dead Skin

    Dead Skin

    Stop hoarding people

    crushball

    November 24, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • Anything With a Beginning and End

    Anything With a Beginning and End

    On pushing through

    crushball

    November 17, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    Enduring injustices without wreaking havoc

    crushball

    November 10, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • Right to Work

    Right to Work

    Relentless work, enforced breaks and accepting circumstances without constant, driven activity

    crushball

    November 3, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, reflection
  • Mote and Beam

    Mote and Beam

    Worthless criticism

    crushball

    October 27, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic, Uncategorized
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • This is Why We Share

    This is Why We Share

    Posting about atrocities is important

    crushball

    October 20, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • My Doppelgänger

    My Doppelgänger

    In a vivid dream, the protagonist, Abigail, encounters a doppelganger version of herself, who comes to exist after a mistake Abigail made

    crushball

    October 13, 2023
    shortstory
    fiction, shortstory
  • In the Wake of What’s Happened

    In the Wake of What’s Happened

    Painful experiences shape and expand our identities

    crushball

    October 6, 2023
    creative non fiction, knifecrime
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • We Need a Tree Doctor

    We Need a Tree Doctor

    Our apple tree is sick, but is it worth the trouble?

    crushball

    September 29, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction
  • A Week of Thoughts #14

    A Week of Thoughts #14

    Happiness has declined in women and girls, while dissatisfaction in black women who use Asian-owned beauty supplies has remained about the same

    crushball

    September 22, 2023
    Uncategorized
    blackwomen, creativenonfiction, girls, happiness, nonfiction, Racism, thoughtcollections, thoughts, women
  • Mutuals

    Mutuals

    Routine makes the world small

    crushball

    September 15, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, routines
  • Nostos Algos

    Nostos Algos

    The problem with nostalgia

    crushball

    September 8, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • A Week of Thoughts #13

    A Week of Thoughts #13

    Lucy Letby

    crushball

    September 1, 2023
    creative non fiction, thoughtcollections
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, thoughtcollections
  • Junk

    Junk

    There’s a lot of rubbish in the Dominican Republic, but there’s a lot of rubbish in London

    crushball

    August 25, 2023
    creative non fiction, god, non-fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction
  • We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part Four

    We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part Four

    The dinner party ends in turmoil. Jade, Cleo and the dog encounter the joys of being forgotten. Final chapter.

    crushball

    August 18, 2023
    fiction, shortstory
    fiction, shortstory
  • We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part Three

    We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part Three

    After some days away, Jade and Cleo dread the dog. All are invited to a dinner party.

    crushball

    August 11, 2023
    fiction
    fiction, shortstory
  • We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part two

    We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part two

    Jade and Cleo’s Mother sews seeds of doubt into their new livng arrangements, Jade wilfully forgets to buy dog food, again.

    crushball

    August 5, 2023
    fiction
    fiction, shortstory
  • We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part one

    We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part one

    Sisters Jade and Cleo find a place to live, but their three rich housemates force them to look after an unwanted dog in return. (the revised version of a university project)

    crushball

    July 28, 2023
    fiction
    fiction, shortstory
  • A Noble Cause

    A Noble Cause

    Why we no longer die for what we believe in

    crushball

    July 21, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, protest
  • False Gods

    False Gods

    Giftedness v Greatness

    crushball

    July 14, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction
  • Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Night

    Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Night

    revelatory dreams have shown me how afraid I am

    crushball

    July 7, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, reflection
  • The Chef and The Chemist

    The Chef and The Chemist

    The chef and the chemist try cooking a heart (short story).

    crushball

    June 30, 2023
    shortstory
    fiction, god, shortstory
  • ENCORE: The Things That Keep us Sane

    ENCORE: The Things That Keep us Sane

    The cure for insanity is insanity

    crushball

    June 23, 2023
    acceptance, creative non fiction, reflection
    acceptance, creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection
  • Treasures in Heaven

    Treasures in Heaven

    Being good is forever

    crushball

    June 16, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • The Needle Eye

    The Needle Eye

    Judgement!

    crushball

    June 9, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction
  • Curiosity Killed the Cat, Slowly

    Curiosity Killed the Cat, Slowly

    Yes, artificial intelligence will kill us all, in a leisurely manner.

    crushball

    June 2, 2023
    artificialintelligence, creative non fiction, Uncategorized
    artificial intelligence, creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • BIG ABIGAIL

    BIG ABIGAIL

    When I was a child, a 25-year-old me would visit my dreams. (Short story)

    crushball

    May 26, 2023
    fiction, shortstory, untoldstories
    25yearsold, birthday, fiction, shortstory
  • Self-preservation

    Self-preservation

    I chickened out of climbing Dunns river and noted that I’m going to live for a long time, but to what avail?

    crushball

    May 19, 2023
    blacktravellers, creative non fiction, fomo, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection
  • ENCORE: ‘The Low, Malicious Hum

    ENCORE: ‘The Low, Malicious Hum

    A short story about my childhood fear of flies

    crushball

    May 12, 2023
    Uncategorized
    encore
  • A Week of Thoughts #12

    A Week of Thoughts #12

    Attempted murder in the US, murder in the UK.

    crushball

    April 28, 2023
    black, blackness, creative non fiction, critic, non-fiction, opinion
    creativenonfiction, critic, Kansas, Metpolice, nonfiction, Peckham, RalphYarl, thoughtcollections
  • I Have My Serious Face On

    I Have My Serious Face On

    Destiny stole my smile

    crushball

    April 21, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic
    creativenonfiction, critic, nonfiction
  • Memories and How to Use Them

    Memories and How to Use Them

    Every memory is as important as the day you learnt to walk

    crushball

    April 14, 2023
    advice, Uncategorized
    advice, adviceandcritic, creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • The Beginnings of People and Things

    The Beginnings of People and Things

    The Guardian’s slave ties, and our capacity for living beyond the present

    crushball

    April 7, 2023
    Uncategorized
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection
  • On Forgiveness

    On Forgiveness

    I had a huge backlog so it took me three days.

    crushball

    March 31, 2023
    acceptance, creative non fiction, non-fiction, reflection
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection, unfiltered
  • All the World is Not a Stage

    All the World is Not a Stage

    It turns out, as per, I was overcomplicating the issue

    crushball

    March 24, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic, god, reflection
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection
  • Gary Lineker, Small Boats

    Gary Lineker, Small Boats

    I only have one question

    crushball

    March 17, 2023
    conservatives, non-fiction, opinion
    critic, nonfiction, opinion
  • All the World’s a Stage

    All the World’s a Stage

    When, or can life ever cease to be a performance?

    crushball

    March 10, 2023
    creative non fiction, god, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection
  • A Week of Thoughts #11

    A Week of Thoughts #11

    Pleasant travels, and ‘creepy’, ‘entitled’ handwritten letters.

    crushball

    March 3, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections, travellingwhileblack, untoldstories
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, thoughtcollections
  • ENCORE: EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

    ENCORE: EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

    I’m somewhere in Europe this week, let’s hope it goes far better than it did two years ago.

    crushball

    February 24, 2023
    black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, europe, lessons, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, untoldstories
    blackbritain, blacktravellers, creativenonfiction, critic, europe, nonfiction, Racism, reflection
  • Look With Heaven’s Eyes

    Look With Heaven’s Eyes

    Body Dysmorphia!

    crushball

    February 17, 2023
    acceptance, creative non fiction, god, hope, lessons, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories, youth
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, reflection
  • One Big Hand

    One Big Hand

    Laura Winham died by falling through the cracks

    crushball

    February 10, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic, non-fiction, reflection
    creativenonfiction, critic, nonfiction, reflection, unfiltered
  • ENCORE: The Evolution of a January

    ENCORE: The Evolution of a January

    I wrote this in January of last year, here it is again for its relevance.

    crushball

    January 27, 2023
    acceptance, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, lessons, logic, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, untoldstories, values
    acceptance, creativenonfiction, god, hope, january, lessons, logic, newyear, perfection, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories
  • Too Much of a Bad Thing?

    Too Much of a Bad Thing?

    I am forcing myself to engage with people I do not like.

    crushball

    January 20, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic, non-fiction, personalanechdote
    creativenonfiction, critic, nonfiction
  • A Week of Thoughts #10

    A Week of Thoughts #10

    Dating/ideals, delusional self-confidence

    crushball

    January 13, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Uncategorized
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, thoughtcollections
  • Stories from the 2022

    Stories from the 2022

    2022 was yet another year of realising things, come with.

    crushball

    December 30, 2022
    acceptance, creative non fiction, critic, feelings, god, non-fiction, passive, personalanechdote, reflection, untoldstories, values
    creativenonfiction, newyearsresolutions, nonfiction, reflection
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