Green, replaced by an underwhelming drabness, permeating every corner, of every inch, of every part, of anything that could have been touched by light, but was instead strangled by shadow.Īt that time of the year-the ‘Gloomszeit’, as it had become known-the city broke off into three distinct groups. The leaves, long gone from the trees, a faded memory, squashed into the pavement under the heavy boots of winter. Grey clouds sagged, like gargantuan, sodden cotton balls, which threatened to fall from the sky and suffocate all of us at any minute. The Glooms grew exponentially, feeding off disdain and hopelessness, causing a despairing darkness to fall over the city. They bounced off all the other faces and surfaces until they pointed directly back at themselves. They were so invasive that everyone took exception to them and each projected their very own snarly version of it back at one other. Deep furrowed frowns, directed at the world around and at no one in particular. The shoulders of everyone she met drooped forward with the sheer weight of them and peoples’ faces showed their struggles with the immensity of it all. She also runs the website could always tell when it was the time of the Glooms. She is currently pursuing a second Master’s degree at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain and is interested in contributing to the field of the origins of consciousness and the mind-body problem. Marijka had her short story, ‘The Glooms’ published in ‘The Wild Word’ magazine at the beginning of 2017.
Her debut novel, ‘Underneath the Killing Tree’ was released in May 2017, followed closely by her short story collection, ‘The Monsters in my Mind, Beat Their Chests.’ Her second novel, ‘The Never After’ was released in March 2021.
Upon her bones being slowly ground into dust and being scattered unceremoniously throughout the corporate wasteland, she relinquished a very secure job at a large firm, to pursue her dream of becoming an author. She has obtained Bachelor degrees in Biomedical science, Psychology and a Masters in Accounting. She loves to travel and decided on moving to Berlin after meeting some interesting Germans, during her many months spent travelling through India. Marijka Bright is originally from Australia however, she has been living in Berlin, Germany for the past 4 years.
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