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✍️My Voice in Fiction & Verse
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items This collection brings together my written world—where personal truth meets creative imagination. Through fiction, I explore life’s twists and turning points. In verse, I capture emotion in its rawest form. Some pieces are rooted in memory, others in...
Sections
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🪐 Spec Fic | Worlds Imagined, Truths Revealed
📖 Humans | Essays from a Life Lived Deeply
🧠 01 | Tech, Tools & Digital Life
⚡ Flash Fiction | Tiny Stories, Lasting Impact
🎵 Music | Soundtracking Life, Language & Memory
🛋️ Lit Lounge | Book Talk, Reflections & Reading Life
🪐 Spec Fic | Worlds Imagined, Truths Revealed
These are tales born from imagination but grounded in truth. Whether they explore fractured relationships, buried emotions, or unexpected turns, each story invites you to pause, reflect, and feel. Some are haunting, some healing—none are forgettable.
When a cosmic prodigy uncovers Earth's rising chaos, the echoes may shake the stars themselves.
Echoes of A Fractured World Part 1
In the heart of CALLI, rising interference threatens balance—and not everyone agrees on how to respond
Echoes of a Fractured World Part II
A glimpse into love defying the rules of time and society, where passion risks everything.
A Forbidden Devotion
📖 Humans | Essays from a Life Lived Deeply
These are real reflections—written from experience, memory, and emotion. Some explore loss and love, others dive into moments of connection, disconnection, or personal growth. If you’ve ever felt deeply, questioned things, or looked back to better un...
A thoughtful reflection on how technology, distraction, and echo chambers are changing the way we connect—or fail to. Rooted in personal experience, this essay challenges us to reclaim the lost art of being truly present.
The Lost Art of Listening
A heartfelt tribute to someone lost, told through the shared language and phrases that still echo in everyday life. This piece explores how love and memory linger in the words we continue to speak—and miss hearing.
Remembering You Through the Language We Shared
Runner-Up in the Vocal “Feast” Challenge, this story blends food, memory, and heritage into one flavorful reflection. It’s about more than meatballs—it’s about preserving tradition, family, and love through every shared bite.
Cooking Keftedes, Sharing Tradition
Grief changed everything. Meditation helped me find stillness in the storm. This essay reflects on the chaos of loss and how sitting in silence helped me reconnect with myself—and reshape the life I was living.
Stillness in the Chaos
🧠 01 | Tech, Tools & Digital Life
From life-changing learning apps to reflections on how digital tools shape our lives, this section explores the world of tech with a personal lens. Whether you’re curious about how I use language learning apps or just want to think deeper about our d...
Curious about Benable? I break down what it is, why I use it, and how it’s helping me share recommendations, organize my interests, and connect with others. A great starting point if you’re new to the platform—or wondering what all the buzz is about.
Discover Benable
A lighthearted tech mystery with a side of creator chaos. When my published stories started disappearing from my profile, I went down the rabbit hole—frustrated, confused, and (let’s be honest) borderline unhinged. Writers, you’ll feel this one.
The Case of the Vanishing Vocal Stories (and My Sanity)
A chilling parallel between ancient fears and modern AI, questioning what progress truly costs.
The Flying Machine, AI, and the Fear of Progress
⚡ Flash Fiction | Tiny Stories, Lasting Impact
A quiet, haunting flash fiction about memory, identity, and the ache of being forgotten by someone who once meant everything.
That Girl
A dark swirl of regret and revelation, served straight with no chaser.
A Bitter Pour
🎵 Music | Soundtracking Life, Language & Memory
French lessons with a beat—this personal piece explores how music is helping me embrace a new language, one lyric at a time. From catchy tunes to subconscious learning, here’s how I’m making study feel more like a dance party.
How Music is Helping Me Practice French
Discovering the rhythm of language, one song at a time.
Singing My Way to Spanish Fluency Through Music
I love John Prine's music - It's like no other.
Discovering John Prine
A personal playlist to quiet the noise and find moments of peace.
Music to Calm the Chaos
🛋️ Lit Lounge | Book Talk, Reflections & Reading Life
Welcome to my cozy corner for book lovers. Here you'll find my reflections on stories that moved me, characters that stayed with me, and the ideas that sparked deeper thought. Whether it’s a modern thriller, a literary classic, or a memoir that hit c...
From gaslighting to unreliable narrators, this piece dives into why we can’t look away from psychological thrillers. A breakdown of the genre’s most gripping elements—and why they mess with our minds in the best way.
Why Psychological Thrillers Keep Us Hooked
A nostalgic dive into The Radio Hour and a time when storytelling crackled through the airwaves. Part review, part personal reflection on the magic of radio and the rise of TV.
Step Back in Time to the Golden Age of Radio
It blends book discussion with personal insight about grief—perfect for your cozy corner of literary reflection. It could also be cross-listed (in spirit) with your Memoir section, but Lit Lounge is the most natural fit.
Two Novels That Capture Grief and the Journey to Healing
A joyful tribute to some of the most memorable dogs in fiction—loyal, scrappy, heartbreaking, and heroic. A must-read for book lovers who adore their four-legged companions.
Celebrating Dogs Through Literature
A rich, immersive Lit Lounge discussion of The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister. This piece explores how scent, memory, and emotion intertwine in storytelling—and why this novel is more than a book; it’s an experience for all the senses.
A Sensory Masterpiece That Lingers Long After the Last Page
Poets | Fragments from the Heart
A powerful poem about grief, rupture, and the emotional aftershocks that follow loss. Raw, rhythmic, and deeply felt—this piece explores what it means to break... and still stand.
Fault Line
A stark reflection on final departures, where silence speaks louder than words.
Terminal
A candid look at the stubborn comfort of old ways and the quiet courage it takes to embrace change.
If It Ain’t Broke—Don’t Fix It
A poetic meditation on the many faces of love — simple, complicated, and everything in between.
Love is...
Laughing Through the Chaos
A collection of life’s comic relief, from eye rolls to belly laughs.
A cheeky tally of life’s expletives, where curse words count more than you think.
Shits to Fucks
Grief and Grounding
A personal journey through grief, loss, and learning to become my own gravity through daily meditation.
Becoming My Own Gravity
A heartfelt journey through memory, where a mother’s voice lingers long after goodbye.
Echoes of Her Voice
A tender tribute to love, loss, and the unspoken bond carried in shared words.
Remembering You Through the Language We Shared
An honest reflection on living between the weight of loss and the lightness of thankfulness.
Tethered Between Grief and Gratitude
The small, shining moments that quietly shape a lifetime.
Core Memories
A journey through grief, meditation, and inner strength—finding the pull to center my own life.
Becoming My Own Gravity