The Strange Egg - Kirstie Millar

The Strange Egg is a luminous gothic prose poem by Kirstie Millar, illustrated by Hannah Mumby. Part of The Emma Press Art Squares series.

The egg cries all night. I cannot bear its noiseless sobs.

I rock the egg. I cover it with a blanket. I tell it a story.

I threaten to smash it with a spoon. Nothing

helps. Nothing stops the tortured cries.

Kirstie Millar is a writer based in Manchester. In 2017 she founded Ache, an intersectional feminist press publishing writing and art on illness, health, bodies and pain. She completed her MA in Creative Writing at UEA and was a recipient of the Ink, Sweat and Tears Scholarship. Her writing has been published by Prototype, 3 of Cups Press and has been commended by Penguin’s WriteNow programme in 2020 and the UEA New Forms Awards in 2021.

Page count: 36
Publication date: 19 January 2023
Paperback ISBN: 9781915628022