I am a writer based in Reading, in the south of England. Currently, I study philosophy and literature at the University of Warwick.
I am interested in semiotics, the philosophy of language, and the felt effects of the social internet.
Often, my work converges on all three topics, asking how modern amenities and linguistic conventions have changed how we speak to one another, how we think, and how we choose to signify ourselves as individuals and in a collective environment.
My Writing
When I was very young, I wrote a twelve-line work of fiction for My First Story – Berkshire & Oxfordshire, a school initiative that allowed me to see my writing in print for the first time.
From that point on, I busied myself with trying to write for publication, chasing that feeling of seeing my words, plucked out of thin air by my brain, in print, backed by editors and publishers with real credit and real stakes.
I tried, at various times in my life, to engage with writing at different levels. Almost nothing about my approach was consistent, save for my unwavering failure to produce something meaningful. I wrote the opening chapters to forever-unfinished novels in tacky writing apps. I wrote vacuous poetry in a notebook for largely aesthetic purposes. I wrote for social media, for trends, for attention, for money (in vain), but I hadn’t yet figured out how to write, what to write about, or why I liked writing.
As I grew up, I started to figure out the answers to those questions. I wrote more for myself, about things in which I was genuinely interested, in a style which was not an emulation of my favourite authors and essayists, but completely my own, even if it were worse off for it.
I started to genuinely like writing, almost a decade after that time I got a book in the mail and flipped it to page 173 to see my own name in the accreditations.
My Work
My work has been accepted or is forthcoming in The Hooghly Review, Clockwise Cat, Academy of Heart and Mind, Down in The Dirt, and Slash Magazine.
My short fiction is forthcoming in an anthology by Querencia Press.
This newsletter, Frame, is a mix of flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and traditional essays.
Publications
Below is a list of my published works. Clicking on any title will take you to the online copy of the piece.
For works which are forthcoming and/or not yet available online, a link to the homepage of the magazine is temporarily in its place.
Links to purchase works in print will be attached as and when print issues become available.
Possessions (Down in the Dirt)
Concrete Kingdoms (Down in the Dirt)
Restlessness (Academy of Heart and Mind)
Perfume Adverts (The Hooghly Review)
Contact Me
If you want to heckle me or (preferably) my writing, I am reachable by email at lucazani2710@outlook.com. I am also on Bluesky, at the handle @lucazani. You can use the buttons on the homepage for quicker access.
Thank you for exploring Frame.
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