Statistically Speaking

I’ve been writing more, quite abruptly, and, being me, I’ve been recording it in a spreadsheet (so shocking, I know). This will be a standing page which will (theoretically) update as I go along…

Scribbles!

First up, the pieces I have been writing since September 2025:

In October 25, I finished:

1. ‘A Wreath of Rosemary’ - a 16 line, Free Verse inspired by impressionism, an interesting weekend, and sweetness.

In November 25, I finished:

1. ‘Forty-Seven < Fifty (or: This Too Shall Pass)’ - a 73 line, Free Verse inspired by anger, politics, and bigotry.

In December 25, I finished:

1. ‘Contractual Obligations’ - a 25 line, Free Verse inspired by synaesthesia, neurodivergence, and the workplace, written for Lighthouse Magazine.
2. ‘Alarmed’ - a 11 line, depressing take on entropy (in Abracadabra form), written for an online publication asking for original forms.
3. ‘Jealousy’ - a 38 line, Free Verse inspired by psychosis, survival, and magical thinking, written for The Aftershock Review.
4. ‘On Reflection’ - a 11 line, eccentric vignette (in Abracadabra form), written for an online publication asking for original forms.
5. ‘Ubiquity’ - a 11 line, angsty wee piece (in Abracadabra form), written for an online publication asking for original forms.

In January 26, I finished:

1. ‘Calon y Dŵr’ - a 4981 word, 1st person narrative inspired by magical realism, welsh mythology, and queerness, written for a couple of different magazine submissions with Welsh mythology prompts.
2. ‘Golden Piggies’ - a 20 line, expansion of a line from Renée Good’s award-winning piece.
3. ‘A Function of Power’ - a 7296 word, audio drama episode, written for the forthcoming Law of Names Anthology, “This Address Does Not Exist”.
4. ‘Shy-Flowering’ - a 56 line, shortish creation inspired by Devil’s Ivy (Pothos), written for an online magazine that posts horticultural themes each season.
5. ‘Touch Not’ - a 1000 word, piece of flash fiction inspired by the phrase “interrupted rituals”, written for an online magazine that posts shorts themes each month.

In February 26, I finished:

1. ‘What Keeps Us Well Na Dim Byd’ - a 500 word, short (for me) personal reflection about music, memory, family, childhood, patterns, and wellness, written for a competition to respond to a particular prompt for an exhibition.
2. ‘Enmeshed’ - a 14 line, Shakespearean sonnet inspired by the movie Meshes of the Afternoon, written for the 28 Sonnets Later Challenge.
3. ‘A Ragged Train’ - a 14 line, Shakespearean sonnet inspired by the movie Pather Panchali, written for the 28 Sonnets Later Challenge.
4. ‘TL;DR’ - a 498 word, piece of creative non-fiction inspired by the prompt “Memories”, written for an online magazine that specialises in flash creative non-fiction.
5. ‘On Seeking Warmth’ - a 14 line, Petrarchan sonnet inspired by the movie Some Like it Hot, written for the 28 Sonnets Later Challenge.
6. ‘After, Before’ - a 21 line, mirror poem inspired by aftershock, strength, and support, written for Aftershock Review 3.
7. ‘Mea Cuppa’ - a 100 word, drabble (precisely 100 word story) inspired by the prompt “coffee”
8. ‘Les Témoins’ - a 14 line, Shakespearean sonnet inspired by the film Cléo de 5 à 7, written for the 28 Sonnets Later Challenge.
9. ‘Ex Libris’ - a 3481 word, short story inspired by the phrase "Into the Archive" which is... kind of magical realism but sarcastic? who knows - I mostly wrote it overnight and I’m probably going to see many flaws when I revisit it... written for The Griffin Review.
10. ‘22⅘% of 8½’ - a 14 line, Shakespearean sonnet inspired by the film 8½, written for the 28 Sonnets Later Challenge.
11. ‘Disconnected Intermissions, or: if Kubrick wrote a sonnet, it would be a Chant Royale set to Strauss’ - a 14 line, Shakespearean sonnet inspired by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, written for the 28 Sonnets Later Challenge.
12. ‘Palimpsest for the end of February’ - a 39 line, Sestina inspired by the news of w/c 23-Feb-26, written for Rattle: Poets Respond.
13. ‘A Stepstool is Better Than Nothing’ - a 1197 word, personal essay inspired by the philosophies of no self-diss, positivity, and pragmatic compassion.
14. ‘Strange Beasts Arrested’ - a 14 line, Shakespearean sonnet inspired by the film Sud Pralad, written for the 28 Sonnets Later Challenge.
15. ‘Gloss’ - a 998 word, short piece of near-future sci-fi inspired by the prompt “dress codes” (which I decided to get slanty with), with something that looks like a meet-cute, and a twist... written for an online magazine that posts shorts themes each month.

In March 26, I finished:

1. ‘Da Capo Al Fine’ - a 2997 word, short piece of sci-fi, speculative inspired by the prompt “goodbye to yesterday”, with themes around compliance and colonisation, written for The Nonbinary Review.
2. ‘Sunk Cost’ - a 32 line, Glosa inspired by the news, war, and Trump, written for Rattle: Poets Respond.
3. ‘Grove’ - a 333 word, metaphysical prose poetry inspired by the prompt “rewilding borders”, news, and the environment, written for Rattle: Poets Respond.
4. ‘Physician, Heal Thyself’ - a 16 line, despairing triolet inspired by the prompt “AI advised someone to stick garlic where the sun don’t shine”, news, and GenAI, written for Rattle: Poets Respond.
5. ‘Wavelength (520–570 nm)’ - a 13 line, wistful trimeric inspired by mutation, ostracisation, and social issues.
6. ‘Fern, Forest, Kelly, Moss’ - a 1492 word, awkward, speculative 1st person narrative, inspired by mutation, ostracisation, and social issues, written for an online comics publisher!
7. ‘Clearing the Old Insults’ - a 35 line, defiant golden shovel inspired by guilt, capitalism, and the kyriarchy, written for a magazine asking for submissions themed by guilt.
8. ‘Nos Ipsos Servamus’ - a 25 line, thoughtful rondeau redoublé inspired by news, cult of the celebrity, and death, written for Rattle: Poets Respond.
9. ‘Rhyme & Reason’ - a 7854 word, somewhat sarcastic short story, inspired by monsters, real-world politics, and the strangers-to-lovers trope, written for Duck Print Press.
10. ‘Sympathetic Resonance’ - a 6 line, mystical liwuli inspired by neuroscience, music, and communication.
11. ‘Lìn Fharsaing na Coille’ - a 998 word, report-like creepypasta, inspired by the prompt “mycelium”, peer pressure, and networking, written for an online magazine that posts shorts themes each month.

Submissions!

Next up, the fate of pieces I’ve been submitting (because I’ve abruptly started doing that too, and it’s been a useful set of prompts and deadlines for getting the above done) since December 2025:

During December 2025 I submitted:

1. the fiction prose piece ‘Calon y Dŵr’ to Folding Rock Magazine’s Issue 004 - Folklore, which was declined.
2. the poem ‘Jealousy’ to The Aftershock Review’s Psychosis and our Other Madnesses issue, which was declined.
3. the poem ‘Ubiquity’ to Rattle’s Tribute to Invented Forms issue, which was declined.
4. the poem ‘On Reflection’ to Rattle’s Tribute to Invented Forms issue, which was declined.
5. the poem ‘Alarmed’ to Rattle’s Tribute to Invented Forms issue, which was declined.
6. the poem ‘Stellar’ to Rattle’s Tribute to Invented Forms issue, which was declined.

During January 2026 I submitted:

1. the poem ‘Contractual Obligations’ to Lighthouse’s Issue 30: The Neurodiversity Issue issue, which was shortlisted.
2. the fiction prose piece ‘Calon y Dŵr’ to Wizard's Tower Press’s They Are Still Here issue, which was declined.
3. the poem ‘Shy-Flowering’ to Phylum’s Devil’s Ivy (January 2026) issue, which was declined.
4. the flash fiction piece ‘Touch Not’ to Apex’s Speculative Flash Fiction January 2026 (Theme: Interrupted Rites) issue, which was declined.

During February 2026 I submitted:

1. the essay piece ‘What Keeps Us Well Na Dim Byd’ to It’s Not Your Birthday But...’s “What keeps us well?” A Heritage Project competition, which had no response (but they announced the winners on Instagram).
2. the flash fiction piece ‘Shiver’ to Nightmare’s January 26 Submission Window (Horror/ Dark Fantasy), which is awaiting outcome.
3. the essay piece ‘TL;DR’ to In a Flash’s Memories (February 2026) issue, which was declined.
4. the flash fiction piece ‘Mea Cuppa’ to 100-Foot Crow’s Coffee-themed entry for February 2026 issue, which was declined.
5. the poem ‘Coruscance’ to The Aftershock Review’s Issue Three, which was declined.
6. the poem ‘After, Before’ to The Aftershock Review’s Issue Three, which was declined.
7. the poem ‘Golden Piggies’ to The Ex-Puritan, which is awaiting outcome.
8. the fiction prose piece ‘Ex Libris’ to Griffith Review (Prose)’s Issue 93: Into the Archive issue, which is awaiting outcome.
9. the poem ‘Palimpsest for the end of February’ to Rattle’s Poets Respond w/c 23-Feb-26 (news) issue, which was declined.
10. the flash fiction piece ‘Mea Cuppa v2’ to Every Day Fiction’s March 26 Submission, which was declined.
11. the flash fiction piece ‘Gloss’ to Apex’s Speculative Flash Fiction February 2026 (Theme: Dress Codes) issue, which was declined.

During March 2026 I submitted:

1. the fiction prose piece ‘Da Capo Al Fine’ to NonBinary Review’s Issue 44: Saying Goodbye to Yesterday issue, which is awaiting outcome.
2. the fiction prose piece ‘Touch Not v2’ to Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, which was declined.
3. the poem ‘Sunk Cost’ to Rattle’s Respond w/c 2-Mar-26 (news) issue, which was declined.
4. the poem ‘Grove’ to Rattle’s Poets Respond w/c 9-Mar-26 (news) issue, which was declined.
5. the poem ‘Physician, Heal Thyself’ to Rattle’s Poets Respond w/c 9-Mar-26 (news) issue, which was declined.
6. the fiction prose piece ‘Touch Not v3’ to 4 L P H 4 N U M 3 R 1 C Podcast’s March 26 Submission, which is awaiting outcome.
7. the poem ‘Grove’ to Poetry Magazine’s March 26 Submission, which is awaiting outcome.
8. the poem ‘Wavelength (520–570 nm)’ to Okay Donkey’s March 26 Submission, which is awaiting outcome.
9. the poem ‘Picking Oakum’ to Poetry Magazine’s March 26 Submission, which is awaiting outcome.
10. the poem ‘Contractual Obligations’ to Poetry Magazine’s March 26 Submission, which is awaiting outcome.
11. the fiction prose piece ‘Shiver’ to subTerrain’s Issue 104: Guilt, which is awaiting outcome.
12. the fiction prose piece ‘Fern, Forest, Kelly, Moss’ to Ahoy Comics’s March 26 Submission, which is awaiting outcome.
13. the poem ‘Deserters’ to subTerrain’s Issue 104: Guilt, which is awaiting outcome.
14. the poem ‘Clearing the Old Insults’ to subTerrain’s Issue 104: Guilt, which is awaiting outcome.
15. the poem ‘Nos Ipsos Servamus’ to Rattle’s Poets Respond w/c 16-Mar-26 (news) issue, which was declined.
16. the poem ‘Sympathetic Resonance’ to Rattle’s Poets Respond w/c 23-Mar-26 (news) issue, which was declined.
17. the flash fiction piece ‘Lìn Fharsaing na Coille’ to Apex’s Speculative Flash Fiction March 2026 (Theme: mycelium and/or chitin) issue, which is awaiting outcome.
18. the poem ‘Cluster’ to Breath and Shadow’s Breath and Shadow Issue: Volume 23 Issue #2 issue, which is awaiting outcome.
19. the poem ‘Hobbled’ to Breath and Shadow’s Breath and Shadow Issue: Volume 23 Issue #2 issue, which is awaiting outcome.
20. the flash fiction piece ‘Gloss’ to Flash Point Science Fiction’s Flash Point Science Fiction March 26 Submission issue, which is awaiting outcome.
21. the poem ‘Sere’ to Banshee’s Banshee Issue: 22 (autumn/winter 2026) issue, which is awaiting outcome.
22. the poem ‘Enlisted’ to Banshee’s Banshee Issue: 22 (autumn/winter 2026) issue, which is awaiting outcome.
23. the poem ‘After, Before’ to Banshee’s Banshee Issue: 22 (autumn/winter 2026) issue, which is awaiting outcome.
24. the poem ‘The Resilience of Kindness’ to Banshee’s Banshee Issue: 22 (autumn/winter 2026) issue, which is awaiting outcome.
25. the poem ‘Blue-Eyed Grass’ to Chestnut Review’s Chestnut Review: Summer 2026 Issue issue, which is awaiting outcome.
26. the poem ‘Shy-Flowering’ to Chestnut Review’s Chestnut Review: Summer 2026 Issue issue, which is awaiting outcome.
27. the poem ‘Must I Go Back’ to Chestnut Review’s Chestnut Review: Summer 2026 Issue issue, which is awaiting outcome.

If you have any questions about any of this, just let me know!