Listening to: Double Vanity (Full Album) by BRONCHO Words Like Honey Your words sunk into me like honey. Crisp and clear, but still sticky. I couldn’t breathe and felt my lungs swell with pain. The words that fall from your lips keep me alive in an amber chrysalis, I try to struggle to…
Author: Alina H. Hansen Writer & Poet
Alina Happy Hansen is a writer, poet, and blogger based in San Francisco. Besides writing nearly 24/7 and reading stacks of books, Alina enjoys watching classic horror films and listening to Stoner Metal. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in English with a Minor in Writing and Rhetoric Studies from The University of Utah.
Freehand Poem #21: Sun for Sin
Yesterday the heat was unbearable. I’m pretty tired today but still alive!!! I’m fascinated by the old belief that if people sinned God/s would punish them through destruction and really really horrible weather. Sun for Sin The sun melts me down, to a pile of flesh and blood. Feel my skin loosen and…
Death and Kittens: Flash Fiction Series #2
approx. word count: 140 Death and Kittens by Alina Happy Hansen Mama cat cradled her kittens, suckling softly on her underbelly. Somewhere there was a gunshot. Somewhere, somebody died. The ones that can’t reach the nipple mew and cry. There are tire screeches around the corner of the alley and the sound of car…
Summer Fiction List: News
It has been a few weeks since I announced I would be compiling a Summer Fiction List of all the books that I plan to read this summer.
Freehand Poem #20: What does the sky say?
Weather has been great. I am so behind in writing. Listening to: The Dead Weather Album Dodge and Burn What does the sky say? As it echoes explosions across the valley? Torn up and red like a stormy sunset on the ocean. Doused with rouge, doused with passion. Sky bleeding down on me, whispering…