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Short stories:

I am quite proud of my short stories. They usually are a bit sinister and allow you to enter into a fantasy world with monsters and magic. The problems my characters face, however, are often quite realistic and relatable. Mommy issues? Daddy issues? You’ll find these themes and others in my stories.

“I love how dark, sinister, and yet beautifully haunting your stories are!” – my grandmother

Competitions

I regularly enter into short story writing competitions online! Here are the ones that made the longlist, shortlist, received honorable mentions or got published! If my stories get published online, they will also…

Just you

Short story ‘Just you’ published by Elegant Literature in their magazine #027.

Publications, nominations and award winning stories:
The following stories have been published:

Competitions

I regularly enter into short story writing competitions online! Here are the ones that made the longlist, shortlist, received honorable mentions or got published! If my stories get published online, they will also…

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Poetry:
At times, I dabble in poetry. More often than not they are written in Dutch, however, here are a few in English:

Ugly woman

Women don’t owe you pretty – it is the title of a book by Florence Given, one I highly recommend to ease you into some fundamentally feminist thought. It is something that you…

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Little spider

This poem came into existence when I saw a spider on the counter while I was house-sitting for friends. I trapped the subject under a glass and took a photo, so the spider…

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Or read stories in Dutch: