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Hayden Winston

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Hayden Winston is a Black, bisexual, novelist, poet, and activist. He holds a BSc in Criminal Justice and a Master of Legal Studies. His work draws on his experiences growing up in Los Angeles as a QPOC and the child of West Indian immigrants. He currently resides in Northern California, with his husband and their two cattle dogs.

(Also published as: Hayden Smith, HW Smith)

I don’t really understand astrology.

the universe is an endless mystery but people are all made up of blood, bones sinew and regrets maybe it’s my scorpio rising or my sagittarius moon talking but it all just feels like any other mythology filling our great and desperate desire to ascribe some reason to being still, I’ll let you tell me …

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