Riley Bampton

Riley Bampton

Riley Bampton (he/him) is a 22-year-old Meanjin-Brisbane based writer and second year creative writing student at QUT. Born with a love for literature that he owes to his mother, Riley has been writing stories since he was a child. With a passion for creative nonfiction, general fiction and keen eye for detail, Riley is invested in the individuality we experience as humans, preferring to write stories rooted in reality (not without his creative liberties). He is currently working on a variety of projects and hopes to become a published author in the near future.

The Commons  

An absence of eyes stared back at me. I looked down to study the goat’s burr embedded in my knee before returning to gaze at a complexion twisted with pain. The bugs had long left this hollowed cadaver, emptying the…