Pretty Lies: Stories and Poems

Well, my darling,
it is time to feast
on everything I have kept you from.
Look at everything we’ve done
while we’ve been fighting
and imagine what we can do
now that we are holding hands.

In this mini-collection of short fiction and poetry, Olivia Ard seeks the meaning of life through the eyes of background characters as well as her own search for peace and clarity during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shifting from fictional scenarios to deeply personal notes from the darkest notes of a downward spiral, Ard explores the unhealthy ways we cope with life, the personality flaws we develop to protect ourselves, and the love that makes life worth the pain.
Audio and print versions coming soon.