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The Best Books for Dystopia Lovers Coming in 2024

Are you a science fiction and dystopia fan looking for your newest read? Well, the new year is approaching, and it promises a stack load of books for your library!

As another year comes to an end and we move into 2024, our obsession with dystopian universes and stories is still very prevalent. The whole world is still reeling in the aftermath of our own apocalyptic pandemic, and yet, the genre of dystopian fiction is still massive and making waves in the reading world, impacting young and old alike.

So, here are the top 5 dystopian fiction books coming out in 2024 that you should definitely read!

Iron Crow by Kim Petersen

In a post-apocalyptic Seattle, the city has split into two factions, the ruling class of Crows who flourish in the Space Needle, now known as the Nest, and the Hydrans who exist on the city floor, diving to scavenge Lake Union for scrap metal to survive. Amongst the wreckage of old ships and structures sitting underneath the water, the protagonist of this novel, Rayna, dives to make money for her share of food.

She leads the same life as every other Hydran, until she sees something she’s not meant to in the Crows Nest, and suddenly secrets are revealed that have profound consequences.

For everyone…

Release Date: 9 January 2024

Perfect for fans of series like the Hunger Games and Divergent. And for those who love to binge read their book series, fear not, as the sequel will be right around the corner a month later!

Earthflown by Frances Wren

With England’s water supply controlled by a massive pharmaceutical company, this novel brings together three quite different people with lives containing different fates and different dreams, but as Ethan saves the life of Corinna Arden, the heiress of the company controlling England’s water, he ties himself further with her twin brother.

Javier Arden has been sending him flowers at work, and he’s a beautiful man, so what if he’s been stalking Ethan? A little harmless romance wouldn’t hurt him, unless his roommate Oliver has something to say about the rich guy on his couch.

Until he finds himself caught up in a murder conspiracy and a dangerous plot for a lucrative reconstruction tender that will change England’s landscape and control of the water supply forever.

Release Date: March 2024

This is one for the graphic novel lovers, fully illustrated and beautifully designed to bring you the best reading experience in SFF this year.

Scorpio by Marko Kloos

From the author of the bestselling Frontlines and Palladium Wars series comes a new novel, depicting the story of a woman working as a dog handler amidst an alien invasion. In one of the few human colonies left, buried underground in a shelter that only survives with the toil and effort of the dregs of humanity to keep it standing.

The entire human species hides from the Lankies, the monstrous species that chose to invade Earth, and after a salvage mission goes wrong for Alex Archer and her band of last humans, whatever was hiding their existence stops working, and Alex is plunged into a new battle for survival as the Lankies come to kill her off.

With the help of her black shepherd dog, Ash, trained to sense threats, can Alex work with her fellow humans to fight their invading species and save what remains of the planet?

Release date: 1 January 2024

This one is for those who enjoy a good, traditional invasion story with the protagonist being one of the last humans alive. Dangerous aliens, a species on the brink of total destruction, and a cute dog. What more could you ask for?

The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey

From the mind that created the Expanse, now a major science fiction television series, comes a brand-new space opera with high stakes and what appears to be an unbeatable enemy.

Dafyd Alkhor is the assistant to one of the most intelligent scientists on Anjiin, planet of the human race, and he loves his job, as simple as it is. Right up until he doesn’t.

The Carryx, a race hellbent on committing genocide throughout the galaxy and becoming the one true rulers of the universe, descend upon Anjiin one day. They destroy most of the human population and capture the ones life behind, throwing them into a game of survival against another race.

Simply for the fun of watching two species fight to survive extinction.

Now Dayfd, along with the other captives of his race, must work to understand and manipulate the Carryx if they want to get out of the game alive.

Release date: 6 August 2024

Perfect for fans of space operas like Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky and the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, this new novel will have your mind reeling with excitement and thrilling adventures as Dafyd fights to survive the game of death and genocide…

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Sponsorship Opportunity!

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To quote:

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Could you help? Email Dawn at 08005618@uhi.ac.uk to find out more!

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Wrong Thing

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My mind runs like a freight train And I often say the wrong thing Can’t measure the level of stress in me I’m certain it’s deeper than the whole blue sea

I struggle to keep my mouth shut Even when I really should but My thoughts just gather like forgotten mail Until that freight train runs straight off that rail

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Creature Feature Friday: Demons! (a couple days late)

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[ I'm not saying black cats are demons, I just imagine Amadeus' eyes being that colour ]

If there was ever a moment to run a red light, Eric was certain that being chased by a demon from hell was that moment.

Liam, as he had coined himself upon entering the mortal world, had stolen what looked like a car from the 1970s, painted in a bright violet that was straight out of Back to the Future. It had wings, a blackened windscreen and two massive headlights which made Eric feel as if he were being hunted by a monster.

He was, actually, but that was beside the point.

“We need to lose him before he flips this car, do something!”

“I ran a red light, what else do you want from me?!”

“Any pussy could run a red light, you little weasel, and it hasn’t made a damn bit of difference, has it?!”

“Maybe if I didn’t have a narcissistic asshole of a demon in my head, I’d be able to focus on losing the narcissistic asshole of a demon who’s trying to run me off the road!”

Amadeus went quiet for a moment and Eric thought he might have pissed him off so much he just disappeared, but no such luck was on his side.

“Turn right!”

“There’s no fucking road on the right!”

“Would you rather end up in hell again with that asshole and no protections from yours truly? Cause that’s what’s about to happen. Turn right!”

Eric looked in the rear view mirror to find Liam close than he had been a minute ago, the headlights brighter in his eyes as he rolled them and then slammed on the brakes, swerving into the field of sheep who moved out of the way quickly at the sight of an oncoming car.

“Happy now?”

“Oh, you can actually listen to advice now, that’s new.”

“Oh fuck off, it’s your fault he’s fucking chasing us in the first place!”

“I haven’t done a single thing to Liam in my life, he must be chasing you. He hates humans.”

“He was never interested in me until you came to this realm and jumped into my body.”

“That’s a coincidence, he’s clearly after you. Have we lost him?”

Eric glanced at the mirror to find it devoid of violet cars intent on murder.

“He’s gone.”

“Good, now turn left up here.”

“If you give me one more direction, Deus-”

“I’m trying to help you!”

“You’re trying to backseat drive.”

“Well I wouldn’t have to if you weren’t such a shit driver.”

“Don’t have roads in Hell, how would you know what a shit driver is.”

“I think running a red light is pretty self explanatory, Eric.”

As Eric took the left turn Amadeus suggested, more headlights came into view. More bloody demons.

“I suppose you haven’t pissed off any of these demons either.”

“Perhaps we shouldn’t have turned left.”

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The End

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And when the water freezes

And the land frosts to bite

There will be no way to

Fight for an ending.

We will end

As we began

With weakened legs

And ruined plans.

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Ghostly Conversations

Due to a university trip up north and a bout of COVID that has had me face down in my bed for the past week, I have been absent from my usual posting - but hey, it gives me something to talk about in my presentation!

Today, please enjoy these ghosts and imagine they are the ghosts of animals.

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Dragons!

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Five fun facts about DRAGONS you might have never known!

Dragons are not descended from reptiles but instead dinosaurs, the same as chickens, which is evident in their possession of wings and feathers on the back of their neck.

Despite their social nature in films such as How to Train Your Dragon, these creatures are completely solitary outwith their breeding season.

Dragons have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane, to protect their eyes and moisten them while maintaining their vision.

There are only five different species of dragons, named for the gemstones they resemble: Garnet, Jade, Obsidian, Amethyst and Amber!

Despite some legends, dragons are not cannibalistic. In fact, based on the research that exists, they are fiercely against killing or eating their own kind.

Come back next week for another Creature Feature Friday!

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Beats

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I hate my feelings To be so dependent On attention From just one soul

But my heart It's split open Lonely for too long And now given that affection

That affection that I see In movies and tv Where everyone has their happy ending Until now except me

And maybe I'm just psycho Just too damn attached But you messaged again Before the dawn

So now my heart beats Even faster than my anxious lungs.

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Monday Animal Cartoons!

disclaimer (somewhat obvious): I can't draw

[ I feel like the octopus under the rock today, so I thought I'd draw it out ]

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Count on You

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Despite the miles

I know you're always there

Despite the distance

I can count on you

This day is for you

My constant support

Even past the grief and pain

I feel your hand behind me

With each year

I'm only more thankful

That despite the distance and the miles

I can always count on you.

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Mother's Day

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In place of gratitude

For a mother's love

Today I feel my loss

Experienced too early to be fair

My body is weighed down

By memories never made

And memories I barely remember

As my friends celebrate

A new Avatar film

Another infatuation

A first kiss

Still this darkness swallows me

Days gone by

I should spare her more thoughts

Past a decade now

And I can't remember her voice

I'm not abandoned

It wasn't a choice

I am just a victim of that

Classic cosmic joke

Anxiety

Attachment

I latch on tight

Cause I can't lose that love again

Quicksand keeps me stuck

A cycle of isolation and regret

That started when Mother's Day

Became inapplicable to me.

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Dead in the Water

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Emotions hit like a wave

Rushing onto the shore

Knocking my stability out

Until there's nothing left

My duvet is the deluge

Weighted on my body

My soul is heavy

Debris clogging my throat

It keeps coming

Like acid rain after fallout

Until I'm just a puddle of flesh

My bones crushed under his boot.

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Kraken (krake aegir)

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“As a child, I was fascinated by the krakens. They were so large, in a way that was impossible to imagine. I remember being intimidated by the thought. That I would only be the equivalent of one tiny fish in a whole wide ocean in comparison to this beast if I were ever to encounter one. And then, when I was only out fishing to catch dinner for my family, I came face to face with this creature the size of a god. It rose out of the sea like a leviathan, creating a wave that would have capsized my boat if I had been any closer. Its long tentacles came up to the ocean’s surface as it floated there. My first meeting with a kraken, and the stories my father told me as a child were true enough. This was a god the size of an island, miles across and towering high above me, who rose out of the sea to give me a glimpse of the majesty of nature. To remind me that in the grand scheme of the animal kingdom, I was nothing to this kraken. When you live so far north on this earth, it is normal to meet animals who could easily swallow you whole if they wanted to. I had many encounters with killer whales before this fateful day, all of whom seemed to have no interest in me if there was a juicy, fat seal around for them to snack on, and this kraken was no different. With eyes as big as my whole body, it looked at me, surveying me in my little boat until it deemed I was not a threat despite the spear in my hand. I was fishing for a seal that day that might feed my family for another week, and the kraken, I assume, was in search of a whale.

I thought, perhaps, we could assist each other. If she is looking for a whale, there will be seals nearby that the whale can chase, and I will be able to catch one of those. We gazed at each other for a long time, our souls connecting in the frigid temperatures of our shared home. This kraken, so large and monstrous as the stories described, with tentacles that appeared so long they might be able to wrap around the earth and a body so heavy it floated on the surface like a massive iceberg. Then, myself. A human floating in a small boat with nothing but a warm fur coat, a bottle of fresh water, and a spear. We contrasted in too many ways yet here we both were, looking for food to feed our families.

As the kraken decided I was of no interest, she continued on and turned away from my boat, propelling herself still on the surface of the water as if to try and keep herself in my line of sight so I could also find the food she was hunting for. I paddled my boat along behind this beast of the sea, watching the water ripple. For a moment imagining how easy it would be for this animal to change her mind. To use her long tentacles to flip my boat over, and devour me as a food source instead of the whale she was searching for. Then, I remembered how small and lean I was compared to the whales that swam our shared Arctic, and reminded myself that this kraken was not interested in an appetiser if she could have the whole meal, carrying on behind her as she moved.

It hadn’t occurred to me until I was watching this monster of the sea rip apart a killer whale effortlessly just how beautiful krakens were. This mammoth creature pulsed with life as she killed her prey, shades of purple and blue illuminating her skin while thick red blood seeped into the water around us. She spoke a different language, one I would never understand. Still, I knew in that moment that she was pleased as she killed the whale in her grip and felt a sense of relief that she had managed to find some food to feed her family with.

The blood of the whale took no time at all to attract a seal for me to spear and take home, and I took one last look at my kraken companion as she looked at me too. We had reached an understanding in this moment as we shared the victory of finding food. We were not a threat to each other, and when I travelled home that day and prepared the seal with my children, I told them the story of the kraken I had encountered. I had met a god in person, and we became friends.” – Nootaikok, an Inuit man, describes his encounter with a kraken in the Arctic in 1874 (translated from diary)

The kraken, otherwise known as krake aegir in Old Norse, is an extinct species of cephalopod which was the largest of its kind ever recorded in written history. While visual depictions of a mammoth eight-limbed sea creature have been found that pre-exist these records, it is thought that the animal in these images is the same kraken we know which only reached extinction in the recent 1970s. Despite the images of krakens that have been taken over the decades since the invention of modern photography, in recent years their existence has been made into something of a legendary myth. The plague of the giant fictional monster permeates our Western school system to a point where children believe that krakens only ever existed in our nightmares.

This is a problem that affects not only the kraken but other extinct species too, including the megalodon shark, another animal which was once the largest species of its family and now exists only in the imagination of filmmakers with access to CGI. This is what resulted in the 2014 blockbuster known as Megalodon vs Kraken.

In other forms, the kraken has been represented as being much like a mythological creature, despite its concrete status in the animal kingdom, and many depictions of this cephalopod go as far as to present it as a god rather than a humble member of Earth’s fauna.

ETYMOLOGY & PLURALISATION

The English word “kraken” originally comes from the Norwegian word kraken or krakjen, both words being forms of the base word krake, which makes up the first half of the krakens scientific designation. Krake itself has multiple meanings based on different Norwegian dictionaries and its origins in Old Norse.

Krake, meaning a malformed or crooked tree, comes from the Old Norse word kraki, which translates roughly to a pole or stake. Krake in the sense of “sea monster” or octopus, as it were, may share this same link to Old Norse, and the Swedish word krake for “sea monster” is also traced to the Old Norse meaning “pole”.

In contrast to this traditional definition of the kraken’s name, the Icelandic-Danish philologist and professor of Nordic philology, Finnur Jonsson, made the point that krake also signified a grapnel (dregg) or anchor, which to him readily brought the image of a cephalopod to mind. He explained too, that the synonym of krake, namely hory, was an alternative form of harrow, and suggested that this name was an exemplar of the ink-fish’s way of ploughing the sea to move around.

Other possible relations to the name kraken are found in Shetlandic. Their word krekin, as in whale, though it is an ethically murky term for the creature, could be etymologically related here, and some synonyms of krake given by Erik Pontoppidan, namely søe-krake, kraxe, horv, krabbe, søe-horv, anker-trold, are from the Danish language.

Krabbe, as mentioned above, suggests further an etymological root with the German verb krabbeln, as in 'to crawl’, which correlates with the movements of the cephalopod family who have their own version of crawling through the water as they propel their bodies with their tentacles.

The second part of the krakens scientific name, aegir, has much simpler roots. The term Ægir, or as it has become anglicised, Aegir, in so far as the word relates to Norse mythology, represents one of the two major giants of the sea. Aegir and Ran were married, according to legend. They lived in Aegirheim, a magnificent hall at the bottom of the ocean, and were both the benevolence and malevolence of the sea personified, respectively.

Early recorded encounters with krakens revealed their nature to be a peaceful one. Their wrath only directed towards prey animals that they attacked in front of humans, and so they were named for the benevolence of the sea, Aegir. This name also references the size of the kraken species, as these creatures were rumoured to be the size of islands during the Viking Age. This fable spread throughout settlements until they were named for the sea giant.

Much like its smaller relatives, the octopuses, the kraken has a plural term that has become an English word over the years, meaning that just like one octopus becomes two octopuses, one kraken becomes two krakens. In this way, the pluralisation of the word kraken is simple and easy to grasp, unlike the argument that has ensued online and in academic circles about which pluralisation of octopus to use.

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

SIZE & APPEARANCE

Krakens were, as the stories suggest, incredibly large creatures of the ocean. While not all of them reached the island-size that was frequently written about in sea shanties of the Piracy Age, the biggest kraken ever recorded measured longer and considerably heavier than a blue whale. At 120 feet long, the female kraken, who was affectionately named Lucia by the Spanish researcher who first witnessed her full size as she devoured a narwhal and denoted the light markings on her tentacles, was said to weigh approximately 214 tons, the equivalent of 35 elephants. While male krakens were often smaller than their female counterparts, it wasn’t a huge difference, and so the range of length (inclusive of tentacles) for all krakens was between 90 and 120 feet.

These cephalopods weren’t just remarkable for their size, but also the incredible complexity of their physical characteristics. Kraken tentacles were often long enough to wrap around a large merchant vessel and had enough strength to crush one to the point of destruction. Though they didn’t destroy human vessels often, it was common during the Golden Age of Piracy when many merchant and pirate ships alike were bombarding one another with cannon fire. This is thought to have irritated the krakens, as they relied heavily on vibrations in the water to catch their prey, and so they would attack these ships to prevent further disturbance.

They often displayed a variety of patterns on their main bodies and tentacles, like Lucia, and eyewitnesses to their courtship behaviours have described these markings as glowing as they tried to woo their potential partner. Like all cephalopods, krakens acquired sharp black beaks from evolution, but beyond these hooked lips, the inside of a kraken’s mouth was lined with multiple rows of razor sharp teeth to tear into their prey once their tentacles had crushed it to death. As an apex predator of the ocean, they used these teeth to devour all creatures they encountered when they were hungry, including blue whales, making them one of the only known predators of the largest whale species in the ocean.

LIFESPAN

The lifespan of a kraken varied greatly due to multiple factors at play which were out of the species’ control. Unlike their octopus relatives, krakens lived on a timescale that was much more similar to mammals, and the oldest kraken documented before they reached extinction lived until it was 85 when it was killed in an altercation between a merchant vessel and a pirate ship. In subsequent decades, they were more vulnerable to poachers and unfortunate encounters with fishing nets that weren’t intended for them, and so their lifespan decreased to an average 67 years in total.

REPRODUCTION

Krakens weren’t unique in their reproductive habits in comparison to other cephalopods, neither in their methods of courtship or their methods of physically fertilising eggs to make more krakens. In lieu of going into the complicated science of octopus fertilisation, let’s move into details about their courtship rituals. Much like all cephalopods, particularly octopuses, male krakens enjoyed being expressive in their attempt to woo their larger female counterparts.

Through what amounted to an elaborate dance and light show, male krakens would contort their bodies into various shapes while pulsating regularly in different colours to portray their sultry emotions in addition to their prowess and their usefulness as a mate for the female. As their language is incomprehensible to humans – it would have likely taken any researcher centuries to bridge the communication barrier between cephalopods and homo sapiens – scientists can only guess that this is what their displays were meant to be putting forward to the female they wanted to entice. The ritual of colours and shapes was likely more complicated than we will ever understand.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT

While krakens are documented to have shown up all over the globe, their main area of residence was in cold waters, particularly under the ice in the Arctic Circle. Although their reasoning for this has never been confirmed, it’s thought that the cephalopods stayed in this area for most of their lives because the prey was rich in fat and protein, which all krakens needed to grow to their considerable size, particularly at a young age when they were far more vulnerable to other carnivorous predators. Sea mammals such as killer whales and narwhals had a thick layer of blubber under their skin which is known to have been extremely nutritious for the kraken species.

BEHAVIOUR

          FEEDING

In relation to their scattering around the globe, it’s relevant to mention that krakens weren’t a very picky eater as a species. Though they likely preferred the blubber layers in animals further north where they would spend most of their lives, the menu of options was expansive for krakens, and they were documented eating everything from other cephalopods to starfish on the sea floor, in the case of the younger generation.

The largest animal that a kraken is said to have eaten was in fact the largest mammal on the planet, the blue whale. In 1842, the captain of a merchant vessel travelling across the Atlantic Ocean wrote about the crew witnessing as a kraken almost the size of the whale itself wrapped its tentacles around the creature until it crushed it sufficiently so that the whale started to cough blood. At this point, the captain observed, the kraken had broken at least one of the whale’s ribs and disabled it to a stage at which it could no longer try and defend itself, at which point the kraken dragged the whale under the surface of the water and neither surfaced again. He assumed that the kraken drowned the whale and then ate it, likely sharing its kill with its family.

LOCOMOTION

Krakens, much like other cephalopods, moved through the water via the propulsion force that their tentacles offered them. Their movements were balletic as all eight tentacles worked in synchronisation to take them through the open ocean, though they were known occasionally to catch themselves in a current so that they could move without exerting the effort on their limbs.

          INTELLIGENCE

Krakens were known to be highly intelligent in multiple ways, though humanity never managed to bridge the communication barrier with them. From their colourful displays during courtship and their display of different patterns when hunting or being threatened by human interference, we know that they had a language in colour and patterns. Furthermore, it’s suspected that their bright red display when attacking human vessels was likely due to their anger at being disturbed.

This threat response actually influenced human technology in the future, as red became the colour for stop and the highest level of danger being posed to a human settlement or vessel.

In addition to their use of colour, researchers who sent cameras to the depths of the ocean recorded the extreme hunting skills of the krakens, similar to those of great white sharks, as when they spotted prey above them, they moved very quickly straight up in the water to catch their victim off guard. While this was less necessary for krakens, given the considerable speed, accuracy, and strength which they had in their arms, it was a widely documented hunting technique of the creature.

EVOLUTION

The evolution of the kraken species is not as widely documented as it should be. Scientists haven’t yet found any fossilised remains of the kraken, likely because they were invertebrates and didn’t leave any skeletons behind when they eventually died. Still, it’s believed that the mammoth sea creatures have existed since before the time of the dinosaurs. This is implied by their ability to survive centuries of human civilisation, their dominance as an apex predator of the oceans, and their acclimatisation to all temperatures of water as a habitat, which would have allowed krakens to survive even in hostile times when their environment changed.

Krakens ruled the oceans for what we believe were millions of years, eating everything they could to grow to their massive size and playing an active part in the Age of Piracy as they demolished both merchant vessels and pirate ships alike when they disturbed their peace in the water. But, in 1974, they were declared officially extinct, thanks to their falling victim to human poachers and the black market kraken egg trade. Pollution is said to have played a role in their demise too, as despite this massive cephalopod’s ability to adapt to any temperature, the chemicals seeping into their water supply were toxic to these innocent creatures.

We managed to drive the largest and most versatile animal in the ocean to extinction with our greed. If action isn’t taken soon, we’ll lose more beautiful sea dwellers like the kraken, and it won’t be anyone’s fault but our own.

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Rough Lips

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Take me to the other side

Where life is not a theme park ride

Death may jump from every shadow

But peace prevails while water flows

A land on fire

Where love could be easier

Those blue eyes and rough lips

Take up my heart in obsession

I'd rather run to the end of time

Than exist in this modern hell of law.

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Welcome to my University Project!

Part of my Creative Writing degree requires me to create a writer blog and a social media strategy relating to it, and as a Tumblr veteran, I chose this site to set up my blog!

It will feature multiple types of writing, including articles, poetry, quotes and (hopefully) the occasional animal doodle!

Every post will also be featured on my Instagram which has the same name as my URL: @amethystaurawriting

Please enjoy!

(Hi to Scott, my lecturer, hope you enjoy this blog too!)

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Bleed Like Glass

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When my worth is tied to the opinions of others

My heart beats right out of my chest

And bleeds heavy down the white of my shirt

Until they give me that final rejection

So it freezes

And shatters like glass.

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