☽ Ale de Luis ☾

is a writer who was born upside-down, with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. She resolves her clearly tenuous attachment to existence by writing whenever she can. This is her website

Welcome, Traveller. You might be thinking to yourself: Wow, this website is UGLY! And it is. It really, really is. After what felt like hundreds of redesign attempts with all the usual website builders out there, I realized that I was never going to get a website that felt truly mine if I didn't build it myself. So, hi. This page will be a constant work in progress as I slowly teach myself HTML and CSS to get exactly what I have in mind out into the world. Hope you enjoy it lmao

A dark living room, with the silhouette of a young woman peeling back the curtain to reveal light.
Photo by Jack Hinks Photography

Bio

My career as a writer and poet began with the publication of a poem titled Ode to Full-Fat Yoghurt in Hygge and Lizards, a zine published through The Forest Cafe, a collectively-owned arts space in Edinburgh, UK. Since then, my work has appeared across print and digital creative writing publications, political magazines, academic journals, online blogs, and ghostwritten self-help e-books. I have also organised and hosted several open mic nights, poetry slams and community writing events across the UK. I've also extensively performed my work on stage, being invited to open for full theatre shows and book launches. I featured for God Damn Debut Slam at the Scottish Poetry Library in June 2018 and April 2019, and performed as part of Loud Poets' Best of Fringe run during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019 and 2022. Now, though I still write poetry, I am focusing on longer stories, especially dipping my toe into the horror genre. I'll hopefully have some short stories out to show you all soon!

Publications

Poetry

NonFiction/Academic