PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT:
Saint Agatha in the Psych Ward
I am so excited to announce that my first full-length poetry book, SAINT AGATHA IN THE PSYCH WARD, will be published on July 25th! It is available for discounted preorder for $0.99 until the release date.
I am thrilled to share these poems with you all, and I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. Preorder link is below, please check it out and consider ordering a copy of your own!
Get your copy here!
A Little Bit Broken
When eighteen-year old Haven Wellgrove has an intrusive thought about murdering a stranger, she’s convinced she must be a monster. She spirals into a state of constant panic and rumination as violent thoughts continue to plague her. Her only goal is to get back to her old life, when everything was perfect. She vows to tell nobody, including her best friend Amber, and confides only in her journal. But when a kind classmate sees her spiral and guides her towards getting help, she finally realizes the truth.
She’s not a monster. She has Harm OCD.
Armed with a diagnosis and newfound confidence that she’s not actually a serial killer, she joins an OCD support group in secret. She builds a strong community with kindred spirits who share her symptoms and sickness, including a familiar face she thought she’d never have to see again. Haven even begins to wonder if she still needs her old life to be happy. But the guilt of lying to Amber about her illness is beginning to eat her alive. And when her journal is stolen and her violent thoughts are exposed to everyone she knows, she’ll have to decide what’s more important: embracing her newfound family and ongoing recovery…or clinging to her previously perfect image, and the life she’s leaving behind.
About Me
Caitlin Irish is a new grad psychiatric nurse with a passion for telling stories. She has previously published work in several online and print journals, and will be publishing her first poetry collection this summer. In her free time, she can often be found spending time with her husband, hedgehog, and cat.