Tag Archives: Alexa Donley

ALEXA DONLEY: An Unanswered Question

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There is no recipe to bring back the dead, but there is a formula for grief. Time known x title in life = amount of time it will take to stop bleeding. The titles have a logical, tiered system. He can quantify this.

But an unknown variable ruins it all.

Alexa Donley is a speculative fiction author living in Washington. When not writing, she can be found traveling to new places or walking in storms. Her first book, The House on the Rocks, is available now, as well as monthly short stories on Patreon. You can find her on alexadonley.com and on social media @alexadonleybooks.

ALEXA DONLEY: When It’s Quiet

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There’s a gap, in this conversation. A spot where it… glitches, might be the right word.

“Al, come on!”

“I’m—”

“Hurry up!”

Like a record needle jumping. Like skipping through channels. Something a little bit wrong.

Like the voice in the background, when his heartbeat quiets, whispering wake up.

Alexa Donley is a speculative fiction writer from Washington. When not writing, she can be found traveling or walking in storms. Her first novel, The House on the Rocks, is available now.

ALEXA DONLEY: After Death

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It turns out, if you want to pretend you’re normal, you don’t talk to your dead grandfather in the cemetery, resting your head on his tombstone like resting on his lap.

And you definitely don’t come home smelling of tobacco, humming a lullaby he sang your mom but not you.

Alexa Donley is a speculative fiction writer from Washington. When not writing, she can be found traveling or walking in storms. Her first novel, The House on the Rocks, is available now.

ALEXA DONLEY: Following

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Summoning a ghost isn’t so hard. If your lips touch the teacup rim at dawn, you taste rose instead of chamomile. If you wear a diamond ring with initials you don’t know, you feel a hand in yours.

Sometimes you can hear them too, but don’t follow too far.

Alexa Donley is a speculative fiction writer from Federal Way, Washington. When not writing, she enjoys traveling and walking in storms.

ALEXA DONLEY: Selkie

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A breath.

A wave rolls in, pulls out, digs furrows beneath my heels that drag towards the sea. That’s the direction I go. Always, always, to the sea.

“Marie!” Mom calls. “You know better than to listen to the waves. Come on.”

My coat, shiny gray, drapes in her hand.

Alexa Donley is a speculative fiction writer from Federal Way, Washington. When not writing, she enjoys traveling and walking in storms.