Hex & Highlight

Essays, fiction, and the beauty in being a little unwell.

I write to feel human.

Join me for raw essays, strange fiction, and thoughts on books, burnout, and staying alive.

Latest Essay

"How Depression Made Me a Better Listener" – A meditation on silence, survival, and human noise.

From the Fiction Drawer

"The Bone in the Trash" – Two boys. One skull. And everything that came after.

What I’m Reading

Review: *Missing White Woman* by Kellye Garrett — “Sharp, timely, and absolutely unputdownable.”

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Who I Am

I’m Alisia. I write horror, essays, and strange love letters to the human condition. Sometimes I’m funny. Mostly I’m trying.