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Caressa Layne
1 piece in The Esthetic Apostle
About Caressa Layne
Caressa Layne is a writer and artist whose interdisciplinary practice explores the tension between beauty and disgust. Through visual art, literature, and curatorial work, she investigates the unstable boundaries between attraction and aversion, inviting audiences to reconsider what they find worthy of attention. Caressa’s poetry and prose have been published in Art of Nothing Press, The Science Fiction Poetry Association, Plentitudes, and The Dark Poets. She was awarded third place in the 2025 Plentitudes Prizes for Flash Fiction.