hissing swan

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writing, everyday strangeness + beauty, aspects of time + memory (+ their disruption), diaries, wonderland ~ occasionally sharing my short fiction

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writer, recovering scientist, fond of swans + seaweed + stitches // 3 novels: The Life + Loves of Lena Gaunt; The Hope Fault; Wonderland (The Cuba Press, May 2025) // Bad Diaries Salon mother hen // Aotearoa + Australia

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