Poetry and Prose
SAMANTHA STIERS
MY WORK
A sampling of fiction and creative non-fiction.
2010
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.
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.
