Writing Past Reality

Character Study

Flash Fiction | 500 | Characters at Roma Street Station

Mar 6 • Mekayla Sofia

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February 2026

Difficult

600 | An ode to difficult women

Feb 27 • Mekayla Sofia

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Plebiscite

Short Story | 500 | On being a queer teenager during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey

Feb 20 • Mekayla Sofia

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Zeewijk

Short Story | 500 | Fictionalised sapphic lovers meets Australia's queer history, inspired by Jarad Bruinstroop's poem, 'The Crew of the Zeewijk, 1727'

Feb 13 • Mekayla Sofia

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Mawmouth

Short Story | 2500 | Lovecraftian horror meets grief

Feb 6 • Mekayla Sofia

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January 2026

The Black Fox

Short Story | 1200 Words | Uncanniness in grief; a young woman finds familiarity with a strange fox

Jan 30 • Mekayla Sofia

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Mama Loves You

Short Story | 1600 Words | Departing from and returning to the warmth of the womb

Jan 23 • Mekayla Sofia

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Lightkeeper

Short Story | 2200 Words | When secrets awash upon a remote Canadian island

Jan 16 • Mekayla Sofia

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Vanilla Slice

Short Story | 500 words | Exploring familial grief in Fortitude Valley

Jan 9 • Mekayla Sofia

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Decay

Short Story | 1000 words | A reflection on the limbo between Christmas and New Years

Jan 2 • Mekayla Sofia

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A Bookish Reflection on 2025

My Top 10 Reads

Jan 2 • Mekayla Sofia

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December 2025