The Grapevine is an online art and literary magazine that I co-founded in 2015. Our current project is Grapevine Editions, a series of collaborative pamphlets between writers and visual artists. Grapevine Editions 001 is a collaboration between me and photographer Anthony Elliott. Folds interrogates the space between memory and reality. Drawing on journal entries, text… Continue reading Grapevine Editions 001: Folds
Photo by Lisa Fotios on Pexels.com My story about sex and tea is part of Fruit Journal's second issue. Clara came round to tell me that she had a dependant attachment style. “What does that mean, then?”I mean for me, what does that mean for me? “It means that I chase what I can’t have… Continue reading Love Story- Fruit Journal
A few years ago, a man—too young for me and already in a monogamous relationship, but who was very handsome and obviously fancied me—sent me an email with the subject “I know.” When I opened the email, it turned out that what he had discovered, through talking to a mutual friend, was that one of… Continue reading Isolde – Cunning Folk
Photo by Tanya Gorelova on Pexels.com I had a story published on Porridge Magazine. It's about nostalgia and working in hospitality. Today I woke up slightly ill and with a sense of nostalgia that was only just bearable. Maybe it was because of the Olbas Oil on my pillow, but I felt filled with all… Continue reading Email to Hannah – Porridge Magazine
I wrote about polyamory and bisexuality. Photo by Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels.com One of the things I was scared of when I was a little girl was being a lesbian. In particular, I was scared of people finding out about me being a lesbian. So, you’re a lesbian now? asked the smiling women modelling bras… Continue reading Aurelia Magazine – When I am Loved It’s Never Quite Enough
I have a piece in Make Me Money and Don't Piss me Off an unofficial The Apprentice poetry anthology by SPAM zine. My writing, a collaborative piece with Lousie Evans, is a spoof wikiHow article about how to get your boss to listen to you. It's £3 and you can buy it here.
After feeling anxious for years, first in childhood stomach aches, then in the mid-twenties chest pains, both times with the dread, the worry, the terror, a doctor said to me: So, do you wanna go on sertraline? And I said: Yeah. The person Laura was fucking at the time, a quiet Irishman into watersports like… Continue reading Love and Sertraline -Entropy Mag
I had a short piece of fiction published on Severine Lit. In Italy, we were together every afternoon. I liked this even when he dominated me, said this is the way we look around a museum, we tend to have a nap at this time, and get on the bed and let me see you… Continue reading In Italy with Sean
"As a child I had my rituals" I have a poem in The Aleph Anthology, The Sacred Exists To Be Found. Available to buy here.
I spoke to Jessica Andrews and Jack Young about my writing, sexuality and painful childhood for their Tender Buttons podcast. https://soundcloud.com/tenderbuttonspodcast/episode-2-catherine-madden
Catherine Madden 