“Words and their meanings have weight in the world of matter, shaping and reshaping realities through a most ancient alchemy. Even my own writings—so damnably powerless–may have just enough power to reach the right person and to tell the right truth, and change the nature of things.” ― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
I’m currently teaching myself how to write fiction. I’ll be posting new pieces I’m playing with here. If you’d like updates via email, drop your address below 🤍
Type: Writing toward novel | Genre: Speculative Fiction | Date: June 10, 2022 | Author: Lala Jackson I had gotten to the point where our covert war felt normal, but it wasn’t what I had ever wanted to raise my children in. I struggle with the shame of it—how much, when I received that message from Cace, I was excited to diveContinue reading “Until that message.”
Type: Free write | Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Date: June 8, 2022 | Author: Lala Jackson If she shushes me again I’m going to scream. I don’t want the most memorable story of my I-can-surely-find-myself-in-Spain trip to be getting kicked out of the hammam spa, so I stand up from the baths, wrap my towel around my waist, gulp the last ofContinue reading “If she shushes me again I’m going to scream.”
Type: Free write | Genre: Fiction/Fable | Date: June 1, 2022 | Author: Lala Jackson A tree. A bear. A sorceress. A shepherd. First, I was a tree. I first felt wonder then. I started out as a sapling. I suppose I actually started out as a seed, then a small shoot from the ground, but my time as a sapling isContinue reading “A tree. A bear. A sorceress. A shepherd.”
Type: Free write | Genre: Speculative Fiction | Date: May 18, 2022 | Author: Lala Jackson What we do doesn’t make sense. On paper, sure. Protect the humans. Try to provide a little order to their chaos. Give ‘em lil’ reminders of hope, like the twenty-dollar bill they forgot was in their spring jacket or a card from their greatContinue reading “Angels + Super Weird Humans”
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