That Place
One day I will visit that place where love is set aside. I will hold the pieces in my hands and wonder how they haven't died. With my...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Jun 12, 2019
“Why are you the way that you are?”
“Why are you the way that you are?” We laugh at the unashamed hatred Michael Scott directs Toby Flenderson’s way on The Office, but...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Dec 11, 2018
Red-Handed (A Short Story)
Only when night left my room in shadow did I feel her settle beside me, alert but feather light, how she always began. “Piper, wake up....
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Sep 2, 2018
2018 Alan Marshall Short Story Award - AN HONOUR
Yesterday was the announcement of the 2018 Alan Marshall Short Story Awards - and I was over the MOON to be awarded the Local Prize for...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Jun 24, 2018
One Star (A Short Story)
I should probably clarify now—this was Owen’s idea, okay? It might sound insane, but he had this way of putting things to me in such...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- May 17, 2018
Ebb & Flow
A poetic reflection on love, first written November 2017.
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Mar 27, 2018
Forgotten Socks
In the past month or so, I've made the decision to self-publish my first book on Amazon. The digital version of Essence will be available...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Dec 13, 2017
City of Bones: Time For Something New
I began City of Bones with soaring expectations. As the book I'm writing would likely be classified as young adult fiction, I felt it...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Nov 3, 2017
I Am
So there's this game. I know it all too well, and you're likely to have played it a few times too. It's called I'm Good Thanks. How it...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Oct 29, 2017
Making the Little Things Big
We were sitting in a quaint Indian restaurant, dimly lit with only one other table occupied. It was the sort of place where the staff...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Oct 9, 2017
Wear the Sparkly Socks
It has come to my attention that along with such simple pleasures as eating nutella straight from the jar, or winding down the car...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Jun 15, 2017
'The Time I Met You'
I remember the time. The time I met you. It was subtle and passing but unmoving and rigid all at once, as if I could lay a finger on you...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Jun 15, 2017
The Author Envy Trap
Does anyone else feel pretentious saying – “I’m writing a novel”? The few times I’ve been asked what I’m doing on my laptop, or what I’ve...
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Hayley Gabrielle
- Jun 15, 2017
Whisper Into the Abyss
After spending an entire hour switching between fonts that frankly look almost identical - I finally landed on 'Lato'. And I'm still...
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