S.E. Bourne Blog

Every Awful Thing: covers the themes of childhood, the natural world, dreamscapes, and aging.

Elephant Crusher is the third publishing by S.E. Bourne. A simplistic and blunt fiction using a variety of styles and registers. The text is frequently unprocessed, with writing that ranges from Hemingwayesque to whimsical, producing an impressionistic portrait of an individual grappling with que...

KIRKUS INDIE REVIEWS A simmering collection of resentments and remorse. Bourne grapples with pain and loss in this collection of prose pieces and poetic fragments. Sometimes, the only thing to do with a negative emotion is to put it out into the world. S.E. Bourne's poignant and disarming writi...

Mao Zedong Rising is the fifth publication by S.E. Bourne, filled with semi-true tales. Quote from 'Off Ward': "I got off the ward. The street kid from Lawrence was right. So long as I acted normal and was semi-lucid, they couldn’t keep me. I was released and got a cab back to my father’s....