Ashley Lima
Bio
I think about writing more than I write, but call myself a writer as opposed to a thinker.
Stories (169/0)
The Ugly Duckling
I'd always felt like an outsider in my own home, despite my mother's best efforts to make me feel whole. When I was born, I was very large and ugly. My face was bruised by the doctor's hands as he struggled to pull me from my mother's womb. My siblings, on the other hand, were slender and delicate on their days of birth. Born "naturally" as opposed to my surgical removal. However, my mother never loved me any less for the pain I put her through.
By Ashley Lima9 months ago in Fiction
The Colleen Hoover Effect
No, Mom. I will not write Colleen Hoover-esque books, no matter how much money they make. I don't think glorifying pseudo-incest and domestic violence is ever a good thing. There must be better books for people to read. Lily Bloom, the florist... Really?
By Ashley Lima9 months ago in Critique
How do you do it?!
Good morning, afternoon, or night depending on where you are in the world and when you're reading this. Today I'd like to talk about a piece of Vocal etiquette, specifically the topic of reading and leaving comments for fellow creators who support your work.
By Ashley Lima9 months ago in Confessions
Skinwalker II
The snow outside had footprints, but I couldn't hear a soul in the silence of the night. The full moon rose above the hills, while the sharp sensation of cold ran down my spine. When I turned my back on the wilderness to make my way inside, I saw the reflection of myself staring back at me, but this person had dead eyes.
By Ashley Lima9 months ago in Fiction
Townies
Townie (noun): an individual who has grown up and spent most of their life on Cape Cod. "What the fuck are you looking at?" Kenny yelled, blaring on the horn of his beat-up station wagon as a white, pristine, clean BMW X5 pulled out in front of him, cutting him off at the airport rotary. Kenny flipped the driver the bird before proceeding to ride his ass.
By Ashley Lima9 months ago in Chapters