The restaurant features fresh-faced waitresses - they hire me anyway. I hide my punk, but it leaks – I’m fired my second shift. I don’t go home, I plunk myself at the bar - managers scowl. A friend and I drink. Okay, we get hammered. I unfurl my tail. Goodbye fawning, hello eyeliner.
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Where Memory and Madness Intertwine Summiteer writers reclaim the shadows of the past.

Where Memory and Madness Intertwine

I'm one of three writers featured this month with my piece Witchhunt
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“Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Literary agents told me the other night that 'the witch thing' has had its day. NO! The fake 'whoo-whoo-girl-finds-her-witchy-powers' has had its day. The story of religious zealots killing innocent Christian women - hasn't even begun to break in the US. I'm breaking it... here goes... SMASH!

Writing about the historical Scottish witch hunts is challenging to an American audience. Seems like many only know of Salem - yet the Witch hunts lasted for centuries in Europe. Chime in if you knew that

I'd rather feel
all the weight of the world
than none of it

Our biggest task right now is to stay in our sovereignty, stay regulated and love, love, love