Origins
Bronx beginnings, first-generation perspective, and the layered textures of immigrant family life.
About
V. I. Hutchinson writes toward feeling first.
Born and raised in the Bronx, rooted in Filipino and Jamaican family histories, and now based in South Florida, she writes fiction and poetry that move between fantasy, the macabre, and emotional realism.
Her professional life has included years of accounting work across nonprofit and for-profit organizations throughout New York City and South Florida, but the written word has remained the constant thread.
That love was shaped early by her parents and has stayed with her ever since, growing into stories and poems that aim to bring encouragement, entertainment, and some measure of joy.
Across genre lines, the common impulse is the same: to make room for feeling, atmosphere, and the complicated interior lives that often go unspoken.
Writing Orbit
The work is pulled by a few recurring forces.
Influences
Edgar Allan Poe, J. R. R. Tolkien, Toni Cade Bambara, George Orwell, Stephen King, Zora Neale Hurston, and Agatha Christie.
Atmosphere
Fantasy, the macabre, emotional tension, quiet beauty, and stories that leave a glimmer behind them.
Regardless of genre, the goal is simple: to create stories and poems that leave room for encouragement, entertainment, and joy.
Read More Closely
The books hold the finished work. The newsletter holds the work in motion.
Move between both depending on how close you want to stand to the page: published books for complete worlds, Substack for ongoing stories, poems, and notes from the writing desk.