Behind Every Photograph is a Story


Jemima Owen
creative writer, sea dreamer, notebook collector, countryside rambler, lover of rainy days…but first, coffee.
Hello! I’m Jemima Owen, a writer, reader and coffee drinker. Mostly found doing the latter. MA Creative Writing graduate from Bath Spa University, wife, and mum of three little hand grenades (eight, six and one).
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Goodbyes
As I watched my son wave ‘bubyee’ to the Teletubbies, flapping his little hand, I wondered what other goodbyes he would experience during his life. The goodbye from his mummy when he stepped foot into school for the first time. The goodbye to a best friend as they moved away to another country. The goodbye to his Grandpa

Chasing Stars – Part Two
She sat between Harry and me. They hadn’t been broken up for long, and I knew she still liked him. Even though Harry had ended it with her, I couldn’t blame him for moving on. I had turned him down so many times. I was now seventeen, in our final year of sixth form. I felt no older,

Chasing Stars – Part One
He bumbled through the door with his friends, his high school tie askew, a sheepish smile tilted on his small, freckled face. ‘Harry!’ My best friend jumped over to him. ‘I want you to meet my best friend, Lexi.’ His smile grew. ‘Hi,’ he managed, his sea-blue eyes meeting mine. ‘Hi.’ I gave a half-wave, glaring at the
