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by  Denisa Dobrovodová This is an extract from 'Rarely Ever Isn't Never', a novel which explores the highs and lows of young womanhood, ruled by the chaos of obsessive-compulsive disorder. It was exactly as she predicted. She had lost her mind.  Lisa read the words out loud, her voice jumping from wall to wall. She hadn’t come up with much during the dedicated writing time. Georgia, listening, but mainly watching her, frowned. “It shouldn’t be written in the third person, M

by Denisa Dobrovodová This is an extract from 'Rarely Ever Isn't Never', a novel which explores the highs and lows of young womanhood, ruled by the chaos of obsessive-compulsive disorder.         She had to go through the whole process. Name. Age. Address. GP.  It was going relatively well. This time, the pharmacist was a woman, a woman way past menopause. Lisa hoped she wasn’t about to get a religious lecture. Some Gods don’t like contraception. Some Gods prefer you to go r

By Benjamin Greennagel This is an extract from a middle-grade novel, ' William Walden and the Island of Cursed Children. ' It was not unusual to see a woman with snakes for hair preceding over a courtroom—it was her job, after all. Whenever two people had a terrible disagreement, they came to Canary Castle and humbly requested the judge’s guidance. Whatever she said, they had to obey. In order to rule without bias, the judge wore a thick blindfold over her eyes. This also p