Fern Brooks is a writer who uses words and images to explore the quiet complexities of the human experience. Having lived in both Canada and the United States, she draws inspiration from the subtle differences in place, light, and mood—but it’s people, and the emotions they carry, that hold her attention most. A lifelong introvert and people-watcher, Fern has an uncanny ability to sense what isn’t being said. She believes that every room hums with unspoken feeling, and that truth is often found in the silences between words.
Her writing is rooted in subtext, in the emotional undercurrents that shape how we see the world and ourselves. She’s fascinated by the way experiences—both tender and traumatic—can bend our perceptions, creating personal realities that are at once vivid and unreliable. A vine spiraling around a porch post might spark a story of protection or possession. A photograph of an empty bench might evoke longing, or the relief of solitude. Images like these are often Fern’s jumping-off point, anchoring her stories in the physical world before drifting deeper into emotional terrain.
Through her work, Fern hopes to create space—a slowing down. A chance for readers to sit with a sentence, a character, an image, and feel something real. Not rushed or resolved, but simply felt. She writes for those who crave resonance and reflection, and for anyone who has ever sensed a story lurking just beneath the surface of things.
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