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Psyche

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A short feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros. 

I wrote this story for my dissertation in my third year of a Creative and Professional Writing course. It's finally been marked and I couldn't wait to share it with you guys - I had so much fun writing it (for the most part) ! My (maybe controversial) thought process was that in writing from Psyche's point of view it makes the piece intrinsically feminist.

If anyone has any thoughts about how I could continue or rewrite this please feel free to comment or message, I'm really open to any ideas!

Enjoy, and let me know what you think:)

word count - 8000wAll Rights Reserved

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