Amanda Stephens has been writing poetry, flash fiction, and short stories online as 'PrttyBrd' since 2009, although she began writing fiction at 12 years old. Her work has been featured in almost two dozen anthologies and in several magazines over the decades. Poetry is her first love in writing. It allows for both a creative outlet and an honest purging of emotions that can so easily bog one down. Her work is honest, open, at times raw, but always relatable. Poignant and powerful, her ability to weave self-reflection into a tapestry of words makes her work timeless.