Robert Hiraeth

Stories, thoughts, and the spaces between.

Publication

I just wanted to share that the 2024 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology is now avaliable on Amazon. https://a.co/d/dyzQOhp Included is my award winning piece “Courage” which starts on page 21. Thank you to all that have supported my writing journey so far.

Robert Hiraeth

5th January 2026

Essays & Reflections, Short Fiction

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What relationships have a positive impact on you?

I have been developing a deeply intimate relationship with the music of Gunship. For a while I had veered into the gloom drenched halls of Doom Metal. There I sat, head bowed to the slow drop C fuzz of heavy electric bass, each note an inevitable step towards the void through a fog of funereal…

Robert Hiraeth

30th December 2025

Essays & Reflections

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To those thinking of giving up

I spent Christmas day watching a marathon of Anthony Bourdain specials. An imperfect, broken hero of mine. He took his own life and the world is poorer for it. I don’t judge him for his final action, any more than I would judge any one person for any one action in the vast tapestry of…

Robert Hiraeth

26th December 2025

Essays & Reflections

Anthony Bourdain, community, compassion, connection, depression, don’t give up, encouragement, existentialism, grief, healing, hope, keep going, life is worth living, loneliness, meaning, mental health, perspective, reaching out, solidarity, suicide prevention, support, tapestry of life, universal experience, you are not alone

Publication

What relationships have a positive impact on you?

To those thinking of giving up