Amy V. Borg

Category: Shorts

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  • Join the Venture

    Join the Venture

    Join me for monthly adventures through other worlds, plus writing news as it happens!

    December 3, 2024
    creative writing, Newsletter, worldbuilding, writing life
  • Diagnosing the Body

    Diagnosing the Body

    The first time I end up in the mental ward, I swear it’ll be the only time… a short memoir.

    April 1, 2024
    creative writing, memoir, memories, mental health, narrative, publication, short memoir, short story, writing, writing life
  • The Wintertree

    The Wintertree

    An exclusive prequel short story from the world of The Ravenscourt Tragedies for subscribers to my webfiction.

    December 21, 2023
    amwriting, creative writing, fantasy writing, free story, gaslamp fantasy, short story, The Ravenscourt Tragedies, writing
  • We Are Made to Bloom

    We Are Made to Bloom

    And then there are the drifters, the wanderers, the ones that float away on wind and water… a fantasy short story.

    August 24, 2023
    amwriting, creative writing, diaspora fiction, fantasy fiction, fantasy story, fantasy writing, forest, read online, short fiction, the Verse, writing
  • All the Pretty Little Lies

    All the Pretty Little Lies

    The story I tell goes something like this… A short memoir about memory and mental health, awarded Editors’ Choice in CRAFT’s CNF Prize, 2022.

    May 14, 2023
    amwriting, creative writing, depression, hospitalization, life writing, memoir, memories, mental health, mental illness, NYU, suicide, trigger warnings, writing
  • Like Clockwork

    Like Clockwork

    Thursdays, like clockwork, Mother would clean the shop… A short story from a Journal of Luminous Things.

    March 13, 2023
    amwriting, children's fiction, creative writing, fantasy story, fantasy writing, my writing, read now, short stories, steampunk, writing
  • Herbarium | Audio Exhibition

    Herbarium | Audio Exhibition

    Whether they be with people, food, places, or flowers, our relationships and our lives are built on memory…

    March 8, 2023
    audio, commissions, creative writing, curated, exhibition, herbarium, herbs and flowers, interactive, Malta, memories, oral history, writing
  • Articles for Encore Arts & Culture

    Articles for Encore Arts & Culture

    Articles written for the Maltese arts and culture magazine Encore.

    March 6, 2023
    amwriting, articles, commissions, journalism, magazine, magazine articles, Malta, writing
  • Stejjer Imfewħa | Scented Stories

    Stejjer Imfewħa | Scented Stories

    A project commissioned by Friends of the Earth Malta, in conjunction with the Integra Foundation.

    February 20, 2023
    amwriting, collected stories, commissions, creative writing, cultural memoir, herbs and flowers, memoir, memories, prose
  • Prose Poetry & Flash Pieces

    Prose Poetry & Flash Pieces

    My collected shorter works, from flash memoirs to prose poetry, published across the web.

    February 13, 2023
    amwriting, creative writing, flash memoir, herbs and flowers, memoir, memories, poems, prose poetry, short memoir

Amy currently writes from a desk in Barcelona, Spain. For queries and rights info, please contact her agent, Sara O’Keeffe.

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