Overload, by Abbie Leeson

Abbie Leeson's Overload is an artefact of our time: luminous and brutalist. Its strikingly illustrated pages offer windows into contemporary loneliness, the sham of digital convenience with its endless facsimiles of intimacy, the impossible leaps of faith required to come of age within a world on fire. Leeson's writing is lyrical, savvy, sensuous, ruthless; her artwork iconic, noiresque. "I just want someone to kiss at the end of the world," says her speaker, summoning that burning blend of alienation and hope that, as readers, we have no choice but to recognise, and call our own. 

 

- Amy Acre, co-founder of Bad Betty Press & author of Mothersong

Abbie Leeson is a writer, designer and illustrator with a First Class BA (Hons) in English and Creative Writing and an MA in Creative Writing and Publishing. Following the completion of her Master's degree in 2024, she founded half of The Tenth Magpie and landed her work in Mslexia magazine, amongst other publications. Her work frequently touches on mental illness, young womanhood and digital fatigue. She was recently shortlisted for the Creative Futures Writers Award.

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