this big sexy regret machine

  [We sat down with Hailey O’Gorman to discuss their publication, you know the drill, school girl . She materialised from nowhere, and refused to blink for the duration of the interview. This piece was written as an assignment,  but still works as a discussion about their first externally published piece] Hi. Do you mind telling us about your writing, maybe explain the piece a bit? Fine. you know the drill, school girl is a prose fiction piece about being a transgender teenager in a time of misrepresention, legislative repression, and trans exclusionary radical feminism. Could you go into more detail? Well, you know the drill, school girl outlines the consequences of transphobia toward transgender youth. It is intended to expand current global and literary perceptions of trans youth, while showing the impact of trans exclusionary radical feminism. I want to broaden the ever nebulous ‘trans experience’ in literary fiction.  Okay, so what happens? ‘School girl’  cycl...

    How did you get in contact with me?                                                                                             We built a radio from parts of the old ship. Nobody pays it much attention, but I like playing with the frequencies. Why are you here? Bored. The mountain is melting, and the sun is setting, but this is all I like doing, really. What else do you do? I cycle from home to here, on somebody’s bike. It gets me up to the hill nicely. Where is your ship? Frankly, I'm not allowed to say. Though, I'm not clos...