CREATIVE NONFICTION
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Photo by Savannah Mahoney, 2025 - skull planter with root hair
The Cabin
Here, I use story structure borrowed from fiction to explore a painful childhood memory, showing how storytelling can transform lived experience into something legible and meaningful. Writing this piece helped me recognize how nonfiction can benefit from narrative shape and literary devices while still honoring truth.
Photo by Brian McDaniel, 2022 - the actual cabin