Poetry, chapbook, 40 pages, from Bottlecap Features. “I write until something stops me: that’s it. I meant everything. I still will tomorrow.” What Happened Was is H.R. Thorn’s debut poetry collection that attempts to unravel the truths that make us human, the knots of secrets we share, and the veins of wounds we give each other—all with hands bound and tied. It is a culmination of memories, lingering moments, and heartbeats of a love that stings only once we let it. This chapbook emerges from words raised, nurtured, and whittled in the Fall of 2024: a time in which the author found herself spliced between two places at once—Boston and New York City.