Harriet Lund
Speculative Fiction Author and Award-Winning Poet
The Chant of Silver
A successful military officer, devoted to the cause of the hegemony, discovers that the aliens she’s fighting are not what her government says they are.
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Upcoming science fiction...
Hours compressed into bro ken sec onds,
Moments marching in
ectopic
beats,
Arrhythmia captured in the irregular count
Of minutes, de
railing the linear.
Hospital Hours,
An autobiographical poem reflecting on the time spent in my local emergency department
Poetry Excerpts
Ymaginacioun,
That creature of the soul,
Mapping worlds
To span neuron-bridges,
Tends a garden grown wild,
Lifts up eyes to distant mountains,
Shods feet to wander,
And
Explores
Ymaginacioun, a poem exploring the mind in relation to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Double Vision.
Stealth-pursued acknowledgement,
Of Duality,
Of truth twisted upon itself,
That phantom shadow beginning to slide,
Towards Reality,
In a battle to believe,
My own vision
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Double Vision, a poem reflecting on the experience of recovery from gaslighting
About Harriet Lund
As an author living with a neurological condition, I have time to daydream. Most of my days are spent in other worlds. My poetry explores the raw difficulty of life with hopeful undertones.
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I studied English Literature at the University of St Andrews (1st class degree). I am passionate about linguistics, which sparked the idea for my science fiction novel. Anglo-Saxon is one of my great loves.
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Some of my poetry is written in Anglo-Saxon or incorporates aspects of Old and Middle English.
