Ess Hughes

“Well, out with it then!” she manages playfully, her green eyes glistening, her hands on her hips.

“You really want to see it?” he asks. “W-W-We don’t have to do this. We can just say—”

Mike and Emma have worked together for years and have become close friends. Office policy forbids dating in the workplace so they’ve never thought to see each...

Since third grade, young Samantha has had a profound affection for a boy cloaked in tattered garments, perpetually wandering the obscure corners of existence. His eyes, a deep abyss of emotion, held a wisdom burdened beyond his years.

With an intuitive empathy that transcended her years, Samantha reached out to him, driven by an unspoken...

A child tries to survive her war-stricken city. A woman inherits the Earth. A chancellor sets out on a journey to save his nation from divide. A father seeks justice.

From the inside of an ambulance to the quiet corners of the soul, this collection of poems and short stories explores the complexities of humankind, featuring themes of love, loss,...