Erin Shea

Joined October 2021

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Bio

New Englander

Grad Student

Living with Lupus and POTS

Instagram: @somebookishrambles

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Stories (37/0)

Artificial Light
The cafeteria of my elementary school is now a shoebox - a diorama made with paint that never fades. The scene is set with dried glue: Cinco de Mayo
By Erin Sheaabout 22 hours ago in Poets
Interview With Paranormal Investigator Phill Anderson
Phill Anderson (@exploringwithphill) had his first unexplained paranormal encounter at four years old: a phantom sound of shattering glass and a disembodied female voice. Since then, his interest in the supernatural has taken a more hands-on approach, exploring haunted destinations and abandoned locations around New England and beyond.
By Erin Shea2 months ago in Interview
Top Story - October 2023
'Searows' Sends us Soul-SearchingTop Story - October 2023
Listen, I'm always a sucker for sad music, but Searows' discography offers so much more than that. In fact, it feels like a disservice to pigeonhole the Oregon-based folk singer's storytelling as simply 'sad music.'
By Erin Shea2 months ago in Beat
First Place in Unspoken Challenge
Faucet First Place in Unspoken Challenge
(Note: These characters originate from a former short fiction piece of mine titled Grief Spiral. I was very eager to work with this trio again and elaborate on the aftermath of one pivotal moment. Hence, this bonus scene inspired by the 'Unspoken' challenge!)
By Erin Shea2 months ago in Chapters
Bask
So I put on a dress my breasts no longer fill. It's a Tuesday in the dead of summer. Nothing to do but chew crushed ice cubes on the porch and watch the sky darken.
By Erin Shea3 months ago in Chapters
The Evolution of Corecore
Between flashes of viral memes, feature films, YouTube videos, and old Goldfish commercials (?) emerges TikTok's latest diverting trend: corecore.
By Erin Shea3 months ago in Geeks
Girl Ghost
There's a paranormal theory that some souls or spirits come back as the age they were happiest in life. Manifested memory, bodiless under the sun.
By Erin Shea3 months ago in Critique
Freewriting > Journaling
I have beef with journaling, and I'm not entirely sure why. It's definitely not because of any antipathy toward cultivating a strong writing practice - that's the basis for my entire life, for crying out loud!
By Erin Shea3 months ago in Writers
My Top Reads of 2023 (So Far)
I usually read around 50 books a year, give or take. I like to think this sum total breaks down to a diverse literary array: assigned classics for my college courses, page-turning thrillers, chart-topping bestsellers, nonfiction hyperfixation reads, etc.
By Erin Shea3 months ago in BookClub
Gen Z and 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'
The latest hit series is giving me whiplash. One minute it's a tear-jerking exposition on grief. The next, it's painfully overdone youthful banter.
By Erin Shea4 months ago in Critique
Serving Spoon
Adults look silly eating watermelon. But aren't funeral receptions inherently awkward? Fretful. Surely Aunt Rachel should have cut them into sticks (more dignified) rather than triangles. Instead of a feel-good summer snack, there's an air of humiliation in dripping rinds and wet chins. She should have known better.
By Erin Shea4 months ago in Chapters
Top Story - July 2023
A Brief Tour Through Ethel Cain's Most Impactful LyricsTop Story - July 2023
Ethel Cain is mother. No, literally. To her doted fans, she is unironically dubbed as Mother, and rightly so. It's all-consuming to step into her world.
By Erin Shea4 months ago in Beat