
Short woman. Tall tales. Big feelings. The Ess Files is a collection of sharp, strange, and soulful stories. Part memoir, part creative unraveling—this is where the weird blooms.
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His mouth was stained. He was wine-drunk.
He slowly tilted his head back. At first, I thought the drunkenness had made it feel too heavy. But then, his hand moved to his neck, where he gingerly clasped himself—and what appeared to be an e...
My favourite thing about my birthday? It’s also Tim Curry’s birthday.
So, naturally, I’ve upped my tarot reading game by creating a spread and interpreting the cards as various Tim Curry characters. Also, I got this insanely beautiful tar...
Midnight Orchestra came to me the way many stories do—uninvited, half-formed, and crawling out of a nightmare.
This is my launch into the creative writing side of this publication. While this story is deeply personal, it’s also my favouri...
Did I Irish goodbye Substack for an entire year?
Yes. Yes, I did.
It wasn’t planned. It wasn’t even because I wanted to. It was just… necessary.
At this time last year, I was being harassed by an elderly creep who threatened to drive acr...
Why is it always the human equivalent of boiled mayonnaise that has the absolute fucking audacity? Is it the Dunning-Kruger Effect—where the incompetent (grossly) overestimate their competency?
[Cue “Entry of the Gladiators” aka “Thunder...
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