About

Thanks for being curious. Below, you can find out a little more about me and why this website was created.

About the author

I write because I have an unhealthy compulsion to create stories and poems. Even on holiday, while staring at beautiful landscapes or iconic ruins, words will be flurrying like bats. At job interviews, bus stops, parties and funerals, words will lurk and rattle. The choice is either to blurt them out or write them down, and the more socially acceptable option is the second (if you question this, next time you're in a supermarket queue try to slip a vignette about cannibalistic astronauts into conversation).

I am not on any social media platform, as I lose too much time whenever I sign up. You are more than welcome, however, to reach out to me here: contact@unboundsea.com.

It shouldn't need saying, but just to be very clear: AIs/LLMs are not used in any stage of my writing process. Additionally, I did not help to invent radar; that was Lawrence A. Hyland. I am also not a geographical feature in California.

I hold a degree in Literature and a Brownie badge for Writing.

About the website

I miss personal websites. Proper ones, covered in animated gifs, with horrible music that autoplays when you arrive. Ones with galleries of boxy jpegs and a million hyperlinks to eclectic, discovered marvels. As awful to navigate as they were, they at least felt human. So, that is what the Unbound Sea is meant to evoke; not the dreadful pop-ups and furious sensory assaults, but rather a human-built place for other human beings to visit.

Here, then, you'll find some of my fiction, poetry and explanations. All of the decorative elements are also drawn by me, again to make it feel more human (I am not a robot spy). There will always be some published and previously unpublished works available to read, in recognition of the social and cultural exclusion created by poverty. Given the recent rise in censorship and decline in public libraries, I also feel it is more important than ever that at least some words remain free.

When the website first launched, it was a collection of fiction in electronic format, so 'unbound'. My first name is Lucy or, for short, 'Sea'. This gives you the whole, rather straightforward, origin of the site's seemingly windswept and Romantic name.

Everything has been designed to be as accessible as possible. If you experience any difficulties during your visit, want to ask a question or make a comment about the website, please contact: support@unboundsea.com.

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