Kristin Khadija Mahmoud
By Kristin Khadija Mahmoud When I was a girl, I used to think about the vastness of space. My head would hurt as I tried to visualize how big it could be. Where was it going if it was expanding outwards? What lay beyond it? Was it a blank, white canvass that was slowly being... Continue Reading →
By Kristin Khadija Mahmoud This current project serves as an attempt to publish something. It is a romance/erotic story that deals with a paranormal romance. It isn’t about werewolves or vampires, I’m not interested in those stories. But I have always been fascinated by romances with otherworldly humanoid creatures. Honestly, I have no idea how... Continue Reading →
By Kristin Khadija Mahmoud I have a few secrets as a writer. Those who know probably don’t care and there aren’t many of them anyway. As a writer is always good to have a few secrets, keep a card or two up your sleeve. I’m writing a dirty novel It is in the works and... Continue Reading →
By Kristin Khadija Mahmoud Writing is hard. The hardest. You’ve spent hours staring at the screen and there is barely anything written. You go days and maybe write a sentence and that sentence doesn’t look like much. There is no avalanche of ideas bursting forth, eager to get onto paper before they fly away. What... Continue Reading →
Review of To the Sky Kingdom by Tang Qi, Translated by Poppy Toland Review by Kristin Khadija Mahmoud I ordered this book from Target after watching a Chinese Drama known as Eternal Love. The show is based on The Sky Kingdom and follows the novel pretty accurately while taking some creative liberties with Tang Qi’s... Continue Reading →
By Kristin Khadija Mahmoud If my mother were alive She’d kick my ass She’d kick it so hard for my terrible jokes For the terrible stories And poems about her — well The one about food painting a mural on her shirt She’d kick my ass for giving up my dog And for fighting with... Continue Reading →
DivinityBy Kristin Khadija Mahmoud Do not press your Conduct on such a Wild Heart. Do not attempt to Tame that which cannot be controlled. Do not attempt to Take that which has never been yours. Love not what does not Wish to be an Object of the lust instilled deep within. Let not your Fickle... Continue Reading →
By Kristin Khadija Mahmoud Pasta covered in sun dried tomato sauce Moved like a worm, wriggling free from a hook To land with Jackson Pollock perfection on my mother’s Blouse. Splat! Drops large enough to drown a colony of ants Rains down on the clean fabric of my mother’s Bosom. I howl at the moon... Continue Reading →
Image from medium.com By Kristin Khadija Mahmoud What is Fanfiction and why is it a dirty word? Fanfiction is fan made literature that comprises pretty much anything a person is a fan of like movies, books, celebrities, games, mythology, the list is probably endless. Fanfiction has been around for a long time. The idea of... Continue Reading →
Hiraeth By Kristin Khadija Mahmoud You’re a corridor of rooms I barely remember A patchwork of places I’ve been A once roaring fire turned to smoldering embers But the shadows of the past won’t let me in Into the childhood of laughter and joy Where you are a house with two parents Before the house... Continue Reading →
My Little Writing Nook 