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Drudgery & Donkey Work From a Restless Creative: A Collection of Poems and Short Stories
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ISBN13: 9798244338447
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 17 2026
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 17 2026
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Poems. Short stories. A restless voice that refuses to stay quiet. If you're here for a few pages before sleep (ideally with hot chocolate), welcome.
Drudgery & Donkey Work From a Restless Creative gathers poems and short fiction that move between humour and heartbreak, myth and modern life, self-protection and self-exposure. Inside you'll find:
Drudgery & Donkey Work From a Restless Creative gathers poems and short fiction that move between humour and heartbreak, myth and modern life, self-protection and self-exposure. Inside you'll find:
- poems that treat language like performance and persuasion
- short stories that pivot from everyday realism to the uncanny and speculative
- reimagined mythology and sharp social observation
- work that circles love, identity, fatigue, grief, and hope About the author
Toni (Olutoni) Fasina is a British writer of Nigerian descent. She was Poet Laureate of Benenden School (2024-25) and a 2025 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition winner. Content note: Some pieces reference themes including death, violence, and mental health.
- short stories that pivot from everyday realism to the uncanny and speculative
- reimagined mythology and sharp social observation
- work that circles love, identity, fatigue, grief, and hope About the author
Toni (Olutoni) Fasina is a British writer of Nigerian descent. She was Poet Laureate of Benenden School (2024-25) and a 2025 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition winner. Content note: Some pieces reference themes including death, violence, and mental health.
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