“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― Sylvia Plath

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The Battle of Euston

Completely stoked that one of my short stories is going to be featured in an anthology of fiction, art and poetry from the wonderful Fly...

Jul 15, 20221 min read

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The temptation of Otis Seuss

A reimagining of the story of Odysseus and the sirens set in gangland London. Published at Every Day Fiction. Otis poured a Scotch and...

Jul 15, 20224 min read

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Mother tongue

Shortlisted for the Mum Life Stories Micro Fiction Competition, Round 2: Infancy I leave the gravel path for the woods, inhaling the...

Jul 15, 20222 min read

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Revolution

I don’t know whether it was chopping off Russel’s head that made me think of the French Revolution or the smell of cut grass... [Short...

May 22, 202210 min read

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Suspended Animation

A lockdown tale of hope and renewal. [Flash fiction] Published in FlashFlood Journal Nominated for Best of the Net 2021 Two days into...

May 22, 20222 min read

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"The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind and yet I found myself thinking how beautiful that glint of water was through the trees."

― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

Hi, I’m Rachel

Hailing from the wilds of Sussex, I live with my husband and three children and work part-time as a production journalist (a subeditor in old money) for a local newspaper company. I write short fiction, occasionally dabble in poetry and am working on my first novel.

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“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ― Sylvia Plath

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Revolution

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The Battle of Euston

The temptation of Otis Seuss

Mother tongue

Revolution

Suspended Animation

Hi, I’m Rachel

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“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― Sylvia Plath