this game of life is a dance, and your time to dance is now.

although i'm not really here anymore, i do hope you'll take a moment to read my nostalgic microfiction at matchbook. may it offer a distraction from the world!

Life is full of errors. Some are strangely beautiful though. If memory is a held breath, this story, ripe with folly, is a sigh. "The Golden Age" matchbook matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hume/the-go…

Our anniversary issue (Sex, Angels) is now online. Traverse between spirituality and sexuality with texts, images, sounds, and more. Please read and share: ricjournal.com

Tomorrow we get the honor of publishing fiction by #MegPokrass!! Not just one story, but TWO linked flash fiction stories. It gets even better because we'll also publish another beautifully written short story by Ulrica Hume 💙. So, see you on May 1st! doric-literary.com

here's my poem "Neverland" in RIC Journal's anniversary issue. congrats to Saudamini Deo & Philippe Charlier for creating a unique space for the "little failed detail" ricjournal.com/2025/04/30/nev…

We are thrilled to present a beautiful & haunting new short story by Ulrica Hume! Ulrica Hume 💙 This wonderfully-written tale covers everything from archaeology, the death of a loved one, the unravelling of a mystery, to the spoon-bending magic of Uri Geller! doric-literary.com/2025/05/01/dis…

inviting you to read my short story "Distance Learning" at Doric Literary Doric Literary doric-literary.com/2025/05/01/dis… with special thanks to editor Dave Gregory Dave Gregory #archaeology #grief #synchronicity #London [Etruscan Vase with Flowers by Odilon Redon]

The hits just keep coming. Last week we reprinted a story that will leave you breathless & this morning we published two original stunners. If you're not logging on to doric-literary.com you are missing out. Ulrica Hume 💙 #MegPokrass & #BarbaraEMiner #literary #shortstories

do check out Doric Literary, which publishes classically inspired short stories--a rarity these days!

ICYMI - We've recently published new work: "Distance Learning" is a haunting #shortstory by Ulrica Hume 💙 that explores the mysterious clues left behind by a loved one's sudden death. #archaeology #grief #synchronicity #London doric-literary.com/2025/05/01/dis…

Our Summer 2025 Issue is OUT NOW! Featuring some fantastic works of eco-writing in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry as well as some marvelous visual art. Read now on our website (link in bio)!

inviting you to read my short story "Petrichor" in The Dodge The Dodge thedodgemag.com/ulricahume1 thanks to Marlo Starr, Katharine Beutner, Addison Zeller, and Maurice Rodriguez #EcoWriting #BookBan #TimeTravel [Rain Clouds Approaching over a Landscape, by J. M. W. Turner]

hope you'll read it!

"He doesn’t answer. Has maybe dropped enough hints already. No mention of friends, only those cloaked figures always looking over their shoulders." Don't miss this funny, eerie, thoughtful gem from the brilliant Ulrica Hume 💙