About
Grace (she/her) is an English Literature and Creative Writing Graduate who writes both poetry and prose. Her work generally explores the little moments of life, alongside mental health and the sensation of constantly running into yourself in a mirror maze. When she isn't writing, she can be found reading or taking care of her eight guinea pigs.
Published Work
So Full of Emptiness without Her - a short story in which a girl discovers a true crime video has been made about her sister's murder. She reflects on her sister's death as she struggles to decide if she should watch it or not. http://www.wildpressedbooks.com/so-full-of-emptiness.html
Skin, bone and other bad art forms - a piece about self-sabotage and self-destruction and probably eating disorders too (https://angstfzine.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/angst-issue-3.pdf (pg.17)
Grow Up - creative non-fiction musing on hair, sexuality and mental illness (https://angstfzine.com/portfolio/issue-iv-october-2020/(pg.15)
One Word - Chloe contemplates human connection during lockdown (https://85c37896-3eb0-4e37-bb5a-ab2fa9646d35.filesusr.com/ugd/6c97e6_dd4ee5596e4a4ff79ab7e1a0071e111e.pdf (pg. 55)
Perfect - Cressida reflects on her relationship with Christmas (https://85c37896-3eb0-4e37-bb5a-ab2fa9646d35.filesusr.com/ugd/6c97e6_ef265481b7f44c6695c4befe20256b98.pdf (pg.28)
Dark Animals Anthology - 'I' and 'Red Velvet Tomorrow' - two poems about the self and about, you guessed it, eating disorders (http://www.wildpressedbooks.com/dark-animals.html)
The Easy Slide - a poem about having an eating disorder during lockdown (https://angstfzine.com/portfolio/the-easy-slide-grace-royal/)
Narratavising - a poem about falling apart in multiple ways (https://payhip.com/b/ngls (pg.52)
Rewilding: An Ecopoetic Anthology - 'The Heavier Tread' - a poem about climate change, eating disorder recovery and hospital (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rewilding-Ecopoetic-Crested-Tit-Collective/dp/1527268403/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=rewilding&qid=1629409657&s=books&sr=1-8)