Geraldine Clarkson by Crucifox Sean Borodale all flesh and no bones

all flesh and no bones / but for the floating knuckle / of the honeycomb / attesting to the nature of the struggle'

desperation and lethargy

Assurances is an intimate

guttural: Horan leaves her reader roaring for more

but take the same sharp-focused eye to other places

Geraldine Clarkson by Crucifox Sean Borodale all flesh and no bonesCrucifox is more a state of mind than a particular creature or person. The collection circles rebellion, emergence from disappointment and fasting, new beginnings, recreation following destruction; soulwork; inspiration and the act of writing itself. There is a focus on female desire and feral impulses behind polite exteriors; assumed responsibilities and pre packed creeds; the role of women within close knit community, the silent and marginalised