Poetry and Prose
SAMANTHA STIERS
MY WORK
A sampling of fiction and creative non-fiction.
2010
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Late one night, a father bends over his workbench, removes his daughter’s right femur, and sharpens it into a walking stick.
2011
My mother requires a complex system of pulleys and weights to keep her mind in place.
2017
Reading in the backseat while my mother drove up the canyon always made me a little sick unto death.
2017
Several virgins held hostage by their own desire. PRINT ONLY
Art as Social Lubricant
2017
It is hard to be anxious while holding a crayon.
2015
Strange things were happening. The world had ended and everyone I met was a ghost.
2018
It's time to try dozing on an ancient mattress.
2018
My mother picked up the black telephone and found that it was dead.
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2010
They said, men cannot see through each other's tears. But you, Elektra, are a being of tears. PRINT ONLY
Vincent Van Gogh
"There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."
ABOUT ME
I believe in the redemptive power of art. Writing has shown me worlds of joy and helped me survive in this world when joy was nowhere to be found.