New short story, A Bloom of Jellyfish published in the new Ex Puritan and in Antae Journal
- Danila Botha Vernon
- Dec 16, 2025
- 1 min read
I'm incredibly excited to have a brand new short story, A Bloom of Jellyfish 🪼in new issue of the The Ex-Puritan magazine, edited by the amazing Anuja Varghese🧡💗🎉📚 The Ex Puritan is one of my favourite literary magazines, ever, and Anuja Varghese is one of my favourite fiction and short writers (if somehow you haven't, check out her brilliant Governor General's award winning collection, Chrysalis https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62090243-chrysalis and preorder her amazing new book: https://www.anujavarghese.com/book/a-kiss-of-crimson-ash/
This story was inspired by my love of all things ocean, my love of the east coast, where I lived for of years, and loved it, and a news article I'd read about ketamine addiction, and a person who began peeing jelly (which turned out to be her bladder lining, as a side affect of ketamine damage)
I'm really grateful and thrilled about this one. You can read it in full here, thanks again : https://ex-puritan.ca/a-bloom-of-jellyfish
also, check out the full issue here, it's all amazing
A Bloom of Jellyfish also appeared in Antae: A Journal of Creative Writing which is based in Malta, though the University of Malta. I'm so excited and grateful to imagine my stories in the hands of readers all over the world (to countries I've never been to, but would love to visit) and I'm incredibly grateful to the editors at Antae for their support and enthusiasm.
A Bloom of Jellyfish in the Ex Puritan
A Bloom of Jellyfish in Antae: A Journal of Creative Writing, based in the University of Malta
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