The Refraction of Mr. SaturnA surrealist short story.2024
Courtenay Schembri Gray
Courtenay Schembri Gray is a writer from the North of England. Her plays include: The Change and The Moonchild. Courtenay's work has been staged by The Short List MCR. Her poems have appeared in journals like CAROUSEL.
North West, United Kingdom
Books
Selected work (9 publications)
Moon MaggotThe wood panels flap like meat falling from the bone. Momma shivers in the corner, rocking back and forth, reciting bible verses.
flash
We Left the GardenI fall from the oyster tower in my pearl-rimmed frock. To mock the troglodytes with their Marlboro lights and drops of mead.
prose poetry
prose poem
poetry
The Moonchild"We're writers, darling. We turn men into frogs."
drama
From Midnight to the CockcrowLorrie fought me on the divorce until I ate her pet spider. I cooked it in chilli oil and washed it down with vodka. She came home from the lido and found the plate with the words, “Daddy ate me,” written in balsamic reduction.
Fiction
micro-fiction