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MistakenMagic

My name is Rebecca, I'm twenty-one and I'm an English Literature undergrad at Durham University, where I'm the President of the University Poetry Society and Creative Editor at The Bubble student magazine. My poems have been featured in the Raving Dove, YM Poetry, and Cadaverine online magazines. In 2009 I was commended in the Foyle Young Poet of the Year Award. My writing brings me so much joy and I hope it brings joy to other people :) Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Mistaken_Magic

I have 200 stories in 6 collections on the site. My stories have been read 181812 times and 127 of my stories have been cherry picked

My Collections

Birds, Bees and Butteflies
Conversation With My Thirteen-Year-Old Self
Do Poppies Grow at Auschwitz?
The Poet Who Fell in Love
The Shadow Cycle
Who's Afraid of Pablo Neruda?

My Stories

The Retreat

First published on January 30, 2013 - 16:16  | 162 reads

The Obligatory Snow Poem

First published on January 20, 2013 - 19:05  | 249 reads

So it goes.

First published on January 10, 2013 - 17:29  | 341 reads

Yellowing

First published on January 2, 2013 - 20:58  | 241 reads

Ithaca

First published on November 19, 2012 - 19:41  | 181 reads

Games People Play

First published on October 14, 2012 - 11:58  | 284 reads

Notes on a Long-Haul Flight

First published on October 1, 2012 - 13:58  | 209 reads

My Family and Other Animals

First published on September 23, 2012 - 18:18  | 433 reads

Footnote For A Dissertation (3)

First published on September 2, 2012 - 11:06  | 324 reads

Footnote For A Dissertation (2)

First published on August 23, 2012 - 16:26  | 404 reads

Footnote For A Dissertation (1)

First published on August 12, 2012 - 19:25  | 412 reads

On Leaving

First published on July 15, 2012 - 20:17  | 321 reads

Cambiare

First published on June 27, 2012 - 12:58  | 291 reads

Espresso Martini

First published on June 17, 2012 - 17:13  | 254 reads

Electra

First published on May 18, 2012 - 18:14  | 409 reads

Requiem

First published on April 26, 2012 - 16:56  | 368 reads

A Supermarket in Keighley

First published on April 11, 2012 - 13:43  | 328 reads

Epigraph

First published on March 29, 2012 - 14:52  | 341 reads

Don Paterson Didn't Eat His Venison

First published on March 18, 2012 - 18:30  | 328 reads

The Secret Life of Dragonflies

First published on February 29, 2012 - 19:02  | 564 reads

My Bookcase, 4am

First published on February 12, 2012 - 15:28  | 356 reads

Smoking in the Bath (A Pantoum)

First published on January 27, 2012 - 15:48  | 416 reads

I read Bukowski and Neruda in the early hours

First published on January 22, 2012 - 16:33  | 611 reads

The Underground Is So Mainstream

First published on January 8, 2012 - 15:50  | 376 reads

The Immaculate Accident

First published on January 1, 2012 - 15:43  | 451 reads

And Other Acts of Masochism

First published on December 29, 2011 - 14:26  | 343 reads

The Last Liberal Democrat

First published on December 12, 2011 - 16:15  | 476 reads

Misanthropist isn't in my predictive text.

First published on November 29, 2011 - 17:42  | 515 reads

Thank God I Didn’t Inherit My Father’s Nose

First published on November 22, 2011 - 17:59  | 497 reads

A Study in South Street

First published on November 6, 2011 - 16:48  | 368 reads

Pour A Little Salt, We Were Never Here

First published on October 20, 2011 - 18:16  | 464 reads

On Turning Twenty

First published on October 7, 2011 - 16:28  | 483 reads

A List of Things I Would Do to James McAvoy

First published on September 22, 2011 - 22:26  | 710 reads

Unexpected Intrusions of Beauty

First published on September 9, 2011 - 22:02  | 749 reads

Dali's Clock

First published on August 21, 2011 - 17:43  | 832 reads

Alors, On Danse

First published on August 4, 2011 - 17:50  | 671 reads

Bad Writing Prize (Inspiration Point)

First published on August 2, 2011 - 23:02  | 369 reads

There Will Be No Other End of the World

First published on July 10, 2011 - 20:43  | 554 reads

Wind Chimes in North America

First published on June 26, 2011 - 19:03  | 989 reads

Lindsay

First published on June 9, 2011 - 19:26  | 487 reads

Learning Curve

First published on May 22, 2011 - 19:59  | 1090 reads

Our Conspiracy of Flightlessness

First published on May 2, 2011 - 16:53  | 1078 reads

Who's Afraid of Pablo Neruda?

First published on April 10, 2011 - 16:12  | 784 reads

Always Summer

First published on March 29, 2011 - 11:57  | 699 reads

Reading at the Lowe Library

First published on March 22, 2011 - 19:19  | 739 reads

Miles to Go Before I Sleep

First published on March 7, 2011 - 14:02  | 859 reads

We're All Mad Here

First published on February 28, 2011 - 21:19  | 587 reads

Hide and Seek

First published on February 21, 2011 - 17:44  | 851 reads

Postscript

First published on January 20, 2011 - 13:05  | 677 reads

Homesickness

First published on January 7, 2011 - 00:31  | 626 reads

A Home-coming

First published on December 28, 2010 - 19:59  | 627 reads

Coming Home

First published on December 19, 2010 - 16:57  | 618 reads

Full Stop.

First published on December 9, 2010 - 17:54  | 656 reads

First Snow

First published on November 30, 2010 - 11:18  | 662 reads

After You

First published on November 17, 2010 - 11:57  | 811 reads

Anniversary

First published on November 12, 2010 - 02:30  | 611 reads

Hall of Mirrors (Durham Ramblings)

First published on November 7, 2010 - 15:39  | 570 reads

Donnian

First published on November 2, 2010 - 16:53  | 710 reads

Simon Armitage at the Gala Theatre

First published on October 24, 2010 - 19:14  | 734 reads

Foreign Country

First published on October 17, 2010 - 18:00  | 798 reads

Relic

First published on October 11, 2010 - 16:03  | 716 reads

First Letter Home

First published on October 5, 2010 - 13:45  | 680 reads

Le Grand Départ

First published on September 29, 2010 - 21:34  | 698 reads

These Are The Days

First published on September 26, 2010 - 17:36  | 669 reads

Unbreakable

First published on September 14, 2010 - 14:32  | 764 reads

Our Love

First published on September 6, 2010 - 10:24  | 993 reads

Unclaimed

First published on August 29, 2010 - 21:00  | 758 reads

Simplicity (Inspiration Point)

First published on August 18, 2010 - 10:49  | 834 reads

Forgetting

First published on August 15, 2010 - 22:01  | 759 reads

Disenchanted

First published on August 10, 2010 - 18:03  | 804 reads

End Point

First published on August 3, 2010 - 12:53  | 826 reads

Warning

First published on July 5, 2010 - 14:35  | 1081 reads

Shadowless

First published on June 29, 2010 - 15:15  | 790 reads

Libra

First published on June 21, 2010 - 11:41  | 745 reads

Maladaptive Coping Behaviour

First published on June 14, 2010 - 15:47  | 799 reads

Amnesia

First published on June 8, 2010 - 14:57  | 979 reads

Lucid Dreams In Moscow

First published on May 26, 2010 - 16:30  | 752 reads

Ton Autre Amour

First published on May 19, 2010 - 16:10  | 796 reads

The Prodigals

First published on April 27, 2010 - 18:43  | 808 reads

"Verboten"

First published on April 15, 2010 - 10:45  | 794 reads

Ritardando

First published on April 7, 2010 - 21:15  | 836 reads

Summer

First published on March 30, 2010 - 13:58  | 900 reads

Supernova

First published on March 24, 2010 - 20:24  | 800 reads

Captive

First published on March 15, 2010 - 11:55  | 817 reads

An Insomniac's Dawn

First published on March 8, 2010 - 16:57  | 941 reads

Block

First published on February 15, 2010 - 15:04  | 802 reads

Dreaming Spires

First published on February 8, 2010 - 16:42  | 918 reads

Post-Trauma

First published on February 1, 2010 - 17:29  | 1018 reads

Inner Demons

First published on January 25, 2010 - 16:34  | 884 reads

Clean Slate

First published on January 19, 2010 - 17:58  | 751 reads

Untouchable

First published on January 12, 2010 - 19:34  | 875 reads

Losing It

First published on January 5, 2010 - 13:42  | 905 reads

Dream

First published on December 27, 2009 - 22:17  | 896 reads

The Muse Transplant

First published on December 10, 2009 - 16:14  | 941 reads

Othello (Inspiration Point)

First published on November 27, 2009 - 00:19  | 1105 reads

Remainders

First published on October 26, 2009 - 16:37  | 990 reads

Paper, Scissors, Rock

First published on October 19, 2009 - 15:49  | 939 reads

Wound

First published on October 5, 2009 - 15:06  | 920 reads

Eva

First published on September 30, 2009 - 16:16  | 990 reads

You Are

First published on September 23, 2009 - 21:52  | 1013 reads

Abomination

First published on September 14, 2009 - 15:37  | 1025 reads

Perpendicular

First published on September 9, 2009 - 15:04  | 1219 reads

Meaning

First published on August 28, 2009 - 12:43  | 938 reads

Anticipation

First published on August 19, 2009 - 10:48  | 912 reads

Blossoming

First published on August 4, 2009 - 11:21  | 1220 reads

Something to Say

First published on July 29, 2009 - 15:44  | 949 reads

Diminuendo

First published on July 7, 2009 - 20:22  | 1145 reads

Aftermath

First published on July 2, 2009 - 19:41  | 907 reads

Une Nuit Blanche

First published on June 28, 2009 - 13:38  | 1235 reads

I Remember

First published on June 23, 2009 - 18:55  | 907 reads

Growing Apart

First published on June 15, 2009 - 15:31  | 1199 reads

Spoils of War

First published on June 1, 2009 - 16:16  | 897 reads

Talking About The Weather

First published on May 21, 2009 - 17:51  | 976 reads

Wordsworth's Secret

First published on May 12, 2009 - 13:01  | 1103 reads

Quarter to Zero Hour

First published on May 7, 2009 - 17:34  | 1095 reads

When You Left

First published on April 27, 2009 - 18:37  | 953 reads

Drummer Boy

First published on April 21, 2009 - 14:13  | 1020 reads

The Radio

First published on April 8, 2009 - 09:57  | 970 reads

Writing Poetry

First published on April 2, 2009 - 12:10  | 998 reads

This Poet's Hands

First published on March 30, 2009 - 21:33  | 968 reads

The Equinox Parade

First published on March 25, 2009 - 18:15  | 1376 reads

Demands

First published on March 23, 2009 - 18:21  | 965 reads

The Cuckoo's Nest

First published on March 18, 2009 - 17:15  | 901 reads

We Rowed

First published on March 16, 2009 - 18:04  | 951 reads

Body Language

First published on March 9, 2009 - 17:06  | 1087 reads

Friendly Fire

First published on February 26, 2009 - 12:21  | 1318 reads

Tuesday's Child

First published on February 23, 2009 - 16:03  | 1001 reads

Intensive Care

First published on February 18, 2009 - 15:49  | 998 reads

Seventeen Going On Twenty-Five

First published on February 12, 2009 - 16:44  | 1231 reads

February

First published on February 9, 2009 - 16:06  | 1047 reads

Birds, Bees and Butteflies

First published on February 3, 2009 - 14:57  | 1010 reads

Writing Home

First published on January 28, 2009 - 17:20  | 1051 reads

Peter Pan Poems

First published on January 26, 2009 - 16:30  | 3852 reads

Until Spring

First published on January 22, 2009 - 17:22  | 996 reads

Resolutions

First published on January 19, 2009 - 16:58  | 1015 reads

Acceptance

First published on December 6, 2008 - 11:06  | 1217 reads

Ritual

First published on December 6, 2008 - 11:05  | 1042 reads

A History Student Speaks About the Holocaust

First published on December 3, 2008 - 16:52  | 1086 reads

Poet, Heal Thyself

First published on November 29, 2008 - 11:43  | 1146 reads

A Little Dream of Me

First published on November 24, 2008 - 21:38  | 1227 reads

Dark Orchid (A Poem for Baby P)

First published on November 21, 2008 - 16:06  | 1481 reads

No Evil

First published on November 15, 2008 - 14:42  | 1084 reads

Do Poppies Grow at Auschwitz?

First published on November 15, 2008 - 14:16  | 1316 reads

Remembrance

First published on November 9, 2008 - 10:01  | 1079 reads

Conversation With My Thirteen-Year-Old Self

First published on November 6, 2008 - 10:28  | 1089 reads

Lipstick On Your Collar

First published on November 1, 2008 - 19:14  | 1121 reads

Henryk

First published on October 27, 2008 - 10:51  | 1075 reads

What was it like?

First published on October 24, 2008 - 19:59  | 1042 reads

The Survivor

First published on October 20, 2008 - 15:03  | 1022 reads

Guardian Angel (Revised)

First published on October 18, 2008 - 10:15  | 1097 reads

Siren

First published on October 15, 2008 - 17:34  | 1131 reads

Icarus

First published on October 13, 2008 - 20:20  | 1135 reads

Pear-Shaped

First published on October 6, 2008 - 21:45  | 1115 reads

Pandora

First published on September 26, 2008 - 15:05  | 1088 reads

Flatliner

First published on September 25, 2008 - 20:08  | 1078 reads

The Fortune Teller

First published on September 20, 2008 - 21:50  | 1146 reads

Indigo and Gold

First published on September 20, 2008 - 21:33  | 1135 reads

Queen of Hearts

First published on September 18, 2008 - 21:39  | 1123 reads

Under My Skin

First published on September 17, 2008 - 21:28  | 1110 reads

Before I say I Love You

First published on September 15, 2008 - 18:15  | 2721 reads

Perfection

First published on September 7, 2008 - 10:33  | 1130 reads

Flashbacks

First published on September 7, 2008 - 10:18  | 1085 reads

The Poet Who Fell in Love

First published on September 2, 2008 - 17:54  | 1162 reads

The Day the Poetry Stopped

First published on September 2, 2008 - 17:53  | 1129 reads

The Condemned

First published on September 2, 2008 - 17:51  | 1085 reads

Anything to Forget

First published on August 29, 2008 - 11:08  | 1051 reads

This Prison

First published on August 29, 2008 - 11:06  | 1184 reads

The Pianist

First published on August 22, 2008 - 12:50  | 1192 reads

Rain in July

First published on August 20, 2008 - 12:01  | 1102 reads

Bittersweet

First published on August 20, 2008 - 11:58  | 1170 reads

Beauty?

First published on August 20, 2008 - 11:54  | 1129 reads

Unidentified Falling Object

First published on August 13, 2008 - 21:09  | 1338 reads

i miss u.

First published on August 13, 2008 - 21:07  | 1316 reads

Juliet

First published on August 13, 2008 - 21:05  | 1069 reads

Love is Blind

First published on July 31, 2008 - 09:41  | 1027 reads

Through the Bars

First published on July 31, 2008 - 09:38  | 1097 reads

Fallen Angel

First published on July 28, 2008 - 17:33  | 1095 reads

Infatuation

First published on July 22, 2008 - 11:34  | 1181 reads

Writer's Block

First published on July 19, 2008 - 11:42  | 1089 reads

Harvey

First published on July 18, 2008 - 11:21  | 1117 reads

Murphy's Law

First published on July 18, 2008 - 11:19  | 1033 reads

The Softest Music

First published on July 18, 2008 - 11:17  | 1176 reads

The Bully

First published on July 12, 2008 - 17:34  | 1116 reads

Loosen My Grip

First published on July 8, 2008 - 11:19  | 1396 reads

Moving On

First published on July 8, 2008 - 11:18  | 1152 reads

This Business

First published on July 7, 2008 - 12:29  | 1100 reads

Euphoria

First published on July 7, 2008 - 12:27  | 1106 reads

Enigma

First published on July 4, 2008 - 11:47  | 1125 reads

Revelation

First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:08  | 1130 reads

Cursed

First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:05  | 1268 reads

A Cautionary Tale

First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:03  | 1113 reads

Hospital Bed Diaries

First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:01  | 1181 reads

Curiosity and the Cat

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:59  | 1161 reads

Guardian Angel

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:57  | 1150 reads

Insomnia

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:54  | 1169 reads

Erin

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:52  | 1176 reads

Somewhere Only We Know

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:49  | 1131 reads

Eden

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:47  | 1314 reads

Half-Light

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:43  | 1289 reads

Star Struck

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:41  | 1203 reads

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