Leigh Hooper

Joined August 2018

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A writer in her twenties with a head full of ideas and a room full of books✨

My Instagram handle is: @leighooper

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The Dryads are Calling. Top Story - January 2026.
They say the forest by Phoenix River sings. Perhaps it is just the wind howling through the leaves, or a particular birdsong. But Percy Fisher knows better; he knows what lies in those woods, and he knows that the forest sings of his demise.
By Leigh Hooper2 months ago in Fiction
My heart is charred.
It all goes up in flames, isn't that the saying? One mistake, one match. My ignorance caught alight. I don't usually get burned, but I'm the one paying.
By Leigh Hooper6 months ago in Poets
My dear moon
My dear moon, They say you are a god, the protector of the night, the light that guides the way. I walk where your worshippers once trod.
By Leigh Hooper6 months ago in Poets
Ghosts aren't real
Ghosts aren't real, you know. They just exist in our bones. Trying to break out.
By Leigh Hooper6 months ago in Poets
Only time can undo.... Runner-Up in The Sonnet of Shadows Challenge.
The crack of a window, the light pouring, sweetness in warmth just like a mother's kiss. Yet still in your bed, the darkness gnawing,
By Leigh Hooper6 months ago in Poets
Fall leaves
So, the world breathes out. You are shaken from your trees. The flash, the fall, fall.
By Leigh Hooper6 months ago in Poets
The ephemeral
Gold, auburn, orange. Ever falling down, down, down. The ephemeral.
By Leigh Hooper6 months ago in Poets
My dear autumn
My glimmers of hope fall as graceful as you do, my dear autumn leaves.
By Leigh Hooper6 months ago in Poets
Ninety Seconds
...and maybe it was a stupid thought anyway. I wait. Ninety seconds. That's how long they say it takes to identify an emotion.
By Leigh Hooper7 months ago in Poets
The Cube and The Boat
Everything happens in the Cube. It's your home, it's your place of solace, your place of 57 years of work. It's where you eat, where you sleep, where you live, where you die.
By Leigh Hooper12 months ago in Futurism
Has Leigh Done It? A Resolutions Series (Part 1)
In January I published "New Year's Resolutions...Again" as part of Vocal's New Year, New Projects Challenge, highlighting my plan for my 2025 creative project.
By Leigh Hooper12 months ago in Writers
Tunes To Get Grooving To - A 2025 Special
Should I clear off the cobwebs before I get started? Dust off my virtual record collection? (Read: Spotify playlist) I said that my 2021 edition of Tunes To Get Grooving To would be my last, but frankly I can't stay away.
By Leigh Hooperabout a year ago in Beat