Amanda Starks
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Fantasy writer, poet, and hopefully soon-to-be novelist who wants to create safe spaces to talk about mental health. Subscribe to my free newsletter at www.amandastarks.com for updates!
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Comet
sparkling star dust falls following the curvature of an earthly vow
By Amanda Starksabout a year ago in Poets
Death has Left the Building
There was only one rule: don't open the door. That rule was bullshit. He'd been standing out here for centuries ( not an exaggeration ) and nothing had ever alerted him to danger emanating from the plain wooden door, not even when others had come out of the door ( seriously, random people just walked out of this thing ) draped in cloaks of white.
By Amanda Starksabout a year ago in Horror
The Goddess
She was the dust and the storm and the wind and the waves. She was the space between the pillars of existence, holding up the world on her shoulders while standing on the burning fires of the immortal realms. She was the invisible expanse of the sky and the solid reality of the earth.
By Amanda Starksabout a year ago in Fiction
Seed of Glass
I knew you were different from the moment my eyes of flame met your eyes of glass. They reminded me of the chimes at the market. The way their multicolored surfaces caught and refracted the light would bring such joy to even my most mundane of days.
By Amanda StarksExclusive • about a year ago
I Was Tested for ADHD: Here's What to Expect
So recently I went in to get tested for ADHD, a diagnosis that I had suspected to be true for most of my adult life. From the struggles to focus on simple tasks, general forgetfulness, fidgeting and behavioral patterns that one could describe as "excitable", it all seemed to point to the signpost of ADHD.
By Amanda Starksabout a year ago in Psyche
