Hi, my name is Hannah, and welcome to Growing Pains, a collection of flash fiction. I'm a recent graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelors Degree in English and a minor in Writing.

From first loves to feeling lost, I’ve created a collection of super short prose that embodies my definition of growing up, even if that means not discovering its true meaning until it happens. Sometimes the meaning of these stories might not seem so obvious until the very end, and I’ve learned that that’s okay. This applies to real life as well.

So, why am I doing this? I ask myself the same question, not just when it comes to this collection, but for a lot of things in my life. 2020 has been my personal year of hell. From massive, painful heartbreak, to general uncertainty about my life and having so much taken away from me in such a short amount of time, I’ve had my fair share of crises related to becoming a “real person” and growing up in these past few months. I wish I could go back to not caring so much. I wish I could go back to when times were easier. 

Looking back, a lot of things in my life have changed: who I am, who I surround myself with, and who I want to be. The only thing that's been my constant is my writing. That's never going to change. So, come follow me on this journey to find myself through my fiction. Maybe you’ll find out some stuff about yourself along the way, too.

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Contact: hklevin@umich.edu