'A Spoonful of Dread'

Main Character Syndrome

Why is no one, I wondered, specifically considering ME and MY feelings?

Mar 18, 2022 • 

Joanna Fuertes

September 2021

An Ode to 'Bullshit Jobs'

After David Graeber’s death, I posted a quote from his book Bullshit Jobs to my Twitter account.

Sep 26, 2021 • 

Joanna Fuertes

December 2020

The Five of Pentacles

I used to have a secret admirer or stalker depending on which way you want to look at it, that would send envelopes stuffed with dried flowers or those…

Dec 20, 2020 • 

Joanna Fuertes

November 2020

An Eye for A Sleepy Eye

A fight over a bus window. Though it was frosty outside and they were sopping wet with condensation, I wanted to crack one open to let out the stench of…

Nov 28, 2020 • 

Joanna Fuertes

The Civility Myth

The springs had broken under the nook of the sofa that I’d claimed as mine while it dawned that Trump was going to win the 2016 Presidential race.

Nov 8, 2020 • 

Joanna Fuertes

October 2020

The Glue Factory

I am not prepared for this level of intimacy.

Oct 24, 2020 • 

Joanna Fuertes

When The Lights Go Out

“Solitude is the luxury of the rich.” I think that’s by Camus or maybe from a fortune cookie.

Oct 10, 2020 • 

Joanna Fuertes

September 2020

Halcyon Dial-up Days

Before the arrival of our family’s first computer, I had been manic to the point of hyperventilating.

Sep 27, 2020 • 

Joanna Fuertes

The Cigar Box

Holland Park.

Sep 12, 2020 • 

Joanna Fuertes

August 2020

The Lifeboat

A doctor, a lawyer, a cleaner, a cook.

Aug 29, 2020 • 

Joanna Fuertes

Sunlight in Strange Lands

My favourite stories about my mum are quite self-indulgent because they’re rooted in what I believe is a trait we share.

Aug 15, 2020 • 

Joanna Fuertes

The Moonlight Menagerie

“The Moonlight Menagerie,” my primary school magnum opus, a story I’d written about a collection of animal statues that could come to life at night.

Aug 1, 2020 • 

Joanna Fuertes