About this website
Strangers, By Spring is a blog about escapism, romance, and rebirth. It is collaboratively written by Red and Henry (from Online).
The project is imagined to be a free-form, creative writing indulgence to be worked on slowly for the rest of our lives. It's a loose character dramatisation, and a constantly unfolding narrative of sketches, glimpses, and imagination. It is a celebration of lyrical, flamboyant writing that exists simply for the joy of it.
Strangers, By Spring is a writing project, but it's also an independent web project. It's part of the practice of an ongoing effort to make things simply because you want them in the world. The process is the reward, and anything beyond that, less important. We'd both really love to encourage you to make many, many more of the things that you want to see, too.
ยง
With thanks
Photography
This project uses photography by the authors, as well as some incredible Unsplash-sourced shots by Julio Lopez, Celeste Horrocks, Louis Paulin, Aleksander Artiushenko, and Maria Tejada.
Portraiture
Charcoal by the very gifted Anton.
Music
This website comes with an audio player designed to compliment a cinematic reading experience. We've chosen some work by some of our favourite musicians to help do that.
- Esja, by Hania Rani
- A Shimmer, by Nils Frahm
- Good Night, Day, by Johann Johannsson
- Liberamente, by Dawn Chorus & The Infallible Sea
- Vinegar Hill, by Elijah Fox
- Genil, by Aron Finneas
If you are the owner of the rights to any of this beautiful music and would like it removed from the website, please contact us and we'll of course take it away at your request.
