The Sunset Owl - Stories for Wondering and Wandering

After the Storm III: Arrival

The first time that Jenny had seen a carriage, at five years old, it had brought strangers who should have been family.

February 3, 2022

The past will not be a chain, but a ribbon; I will stride forward at last.

January 27, 2022

Jenny O’Brien strolled along the ocean’s edge, breathing in salt and sea air, her hands clasping a skirt full of seashells.

January 20, 2022

Every well-ordered thing is fragile, and every fragile thing is bound to break.

September 30, 2021

The questions and implications of existence in a subjected body are at the heart of Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”.

September 15, 2021

I’ve always felt like a bit of a weirdo…but am I really?

September 10, 2021

A retelling of a classic Greek myth.

September 9, 2021

As a writer, I have to constantly fight against my natural instinct, which is to please everyone.

August 27, 2021

It’s normal, I know, to change. But I had hoped that I wouldn’t mature.

August 20, 2021

How Can We Rediscover Ophelia and Gertrude?

August 18, 2021