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I’m Sacha and I’m based in Switzerland. I write literary horror with my first novel slowly taking shape alongside it. I especially like to write emotionally precise poetry, whimsical dark fiction and literary retellings.

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    I’m Sacha (Fraggy for my friends) and I’m based in Switzerland. I write literary horror with my first novel slowly taking shape alongside it. I especially like to write emotionally precise poetry, whimsical dark fiction and literary retellings.

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