When I was a girl, dreams filled my heart like air in a balloon, pressing taut against the edges till I rose into the clouds. A swoon of desire fizzed through my veins, the thirsty energy of youth. I would marry a man I loved, I thought, and love would spill down the line of […]
Louise Wilford
Louise Wilford lives and works in Yorkshire, UK, and has been writing poetry and prose since childhood. Her work has been widely published, most recently in Allium, Epistemic Literary, 805, Heartland Review, Last Leaves, New Verse News, Ocotilo Review, Pine Cone Review, Punk Noir, River and South, Silver Blade, The Avenue, POTB, Balloons Lit, Parakeet, The Fieldstone Review, and Black Hare Press. In 2020, she won First Prize in the Arts Quarterly Short Story Competition, and was awarded a Masters in Creative Writing (Distinction). She is working on a fantasy novel. You can read her blog here: https://louviewsnewscues.blogspot.com/