Branded: A Story of Permanent Love

If you on this page, that means you have stumbled on the brand new literary-online journal: Branded  While the site and it's contents are new, the ideas behind the project go back to the beginnings of humanity.


Literature is old. Tattoos even older. However the connection that the two different mediums has is undeniable.  My name is Sara and I am currently a Senior at Ohio University. This website started as a project for class and and has quickly become a labor of love, combining two of my greatest passions.  For myself and many others, literature is haunting, passionate, and above all permanent.  A good story stays with your long after you have read the last word, the writing stays hidden just under your first layer of skin. If committed enough, you might choose to alter your body forever to reflect the writing that has already become a  part of you in many intangible ways. Some of our writers have tattoos, some only write about them, but all express the same interest and fascination with 'the words or images made flesh'.  


The stories and photos you will read on this site are works from others on the subjects of tattoos, body modifications, and permanency.  My hope is that the writings that you find here will have the same affect on you as they have for me. They will alter, change, and remain in your thoughts after you have finished.  And maybe if you are one of those few who committed enough, one day one of these writings will be branded on you as well.