Elowyn
Elowyn Barrett
Elowyn (also known as Elle) Barrett writes from their home on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia, where they live with their kid, pit bull, and never-ending to-be-read pile. When they’re not writing about the Seelie Wight or other fantastical tricksters, they’re playing video games, roller skating, or creating visual art.
About Me
Queer storyteller of queer stories.
Essays, Short Stories & Poetry
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I never outgrew having “big emotions.”
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You’re doing ‘too much, too fast’, you say, likening me to the boy with wax feathers for wings. I know the moral of his story is not to get too close to the sun, but who of us would even know Icarus were it not for the brilliance of his fall?The spectacle of his momentary…
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By Elle Barrett (Based on the myth of Daphne and Apollo as retold in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.) Daphne once asked her father to grant her what Jupiter had given Diana. Wishing more than anything to remain unwed. The setter of traps, but never to be bound. As she asked for power over her life,Her father spoke…
