I tattoo. Needles, skin, ink—the usual triad of violence and permanence. I stab people for money and they thank me afterwards. I read. I write. The reading is impeccable; the writing is… debatable. Whether it’s good or not depends entirely on your definition of “good”—and more importantly, on whether you’re the sort of person who lowers the bar preemptively or raises it just to watch me trip. I recommend the former. It’s kinder to both of us. What I do is take simple tales—bare-bones, almost insultingly straightforward—and dress them up in so many words, so many detours, so many unnecessary qualifications and parentheticals (this one included), that they start to look complicated. Important, even. It’s a cheap trick, really. Like putting a fancy frame on a stick-figure drawing and calling it art. But if the viewer buys the frame, who am I to complain?

I write stuff

I edit! You can check my website for more details.

Queer and autistic writer with too many stories in their head and too little time to write them all Regardless of what genre I write it will be sapphic and aro/ace so don't expect passionate romance or spicy scenes :) I record all my stories to make them more accessible, so if you prefer to listen to them rather than read check my YT https://www.youtube.com/@maratellsstories