top of page

Sad Girl Diaries
Search


Nov 15, 20201 min read
no one is listening - Nina Fiona
i sat by a river or an ocean or a lake and i whispered to the eels around my ankles words of longing that could just as easily have been...


Nov 14, 20201 min read
Peace - Samantha Smith
the slick and razor edges of the roaring sea cut cracked and burned skin. this body was heavy and weak the muscles tired and worn; i...


Nov 13, 20201 min read
Slacks - Jill Bronfman
When they told me to act like a lady When I was angry I sewed her aphorism into my skirt hem And pulled her stockings over mine To guard...


Nov 12, 20208 min read
Little White Church - Joe Tom King
I felt like hammered shit. Last night had left internal tattoos all through my body. Too much whiskey and too much smoke left me feeling...


Nov 11, 20206 min read
In a Time of War - Suzette Blom
Jansen crouched low, his body hidden by the corn stalks. The air was still beneath the leaden November sky. He pushed his chilblained...


Nov 10, 20201 min read
Started Young - Maria Zuccarini
I am so many things that I often forget So much beauty I that I often miss It is sad truly How I only see the beauty In everyone but me...


Nov 9, 20201 min read
Salt, sugar, acid, heat. - Helen Dring
My grandmother was what you would call a full woman – hands as salt pillars pummeling in to a pastry that would always curl in the same...


Nov 7, 20204 min read
Missed Connections - Melanie Thompson
You asked me if I liked Van Gogh. “What?” My eyebrows rose. “The Irises,” you said, motioning to the purple flowers sifting down the...


Nov 6, 20201 min read
Wondering if fireflies are responsible for the existence of time - Brandyce Ingram
There are fireflies here Spaced like twinkle lights Stationary truths Of gods gone dim And bright again Here we make time Spinning...


Nov 5, 20201 min read
Vessel For Joy - Jennifer Friedman
Day breaks on this lurid temptress who embodies the world’s soul. She breathes fire mist onto his loins and he is captured in her web....


Nov 4, 20204 min read
It's Not a Fashion Statement - Kirsty Crawford
In order to get to high school, a decrepit-double decker bus would be mounted from the only village bus stop. The bus stop had one seat...


Nov 3, 20203 min read
Portrait of an Internet Mean Girl - Emily Hessney Lynch
You sit alone with your hard seltzer and your phone, scrolling and scrolling. Who can you rage at today on the internet? It’s your...
bottom of page