Fiction | Lori’s Walking Upstairs Carrying Two Mugs of Coffee by Amy Arnold [Extract]
Amy Arnold Lori’s Walking Upstairs Carrying Two Mugs of Coffee The following extract is taken from ‘Lori & Joe’ by…
Fiction | White Elephant by Morgan Turner
Morgan Turner White Elephant One part vodka, three tablespoons of instant coffee, warm water. Sometimes a heaped teaspoon of brown…
Fiction | The Wettest Town in Ireland by Tom Tierney
Tom Tierney The Wettest Town in Ireland This is the town. A mixture of faded cream and dirty white for…
Fiction | A False Memory of Happier Times Filled with Laughter and Music by David Micklem
David Micklem A False Memory of Happier Times Filled with Laughter and Music … Claire had been looking forward to…
Fiction | I Feel Bad About My Watch by Roisin Lanigan
Roisin Lanigan I Feel Bad About My Watch When I was a teenager — a time which seems simultaneously eons…
Fiction | Stained With Salt Water by Sophie Hampton
Sophie Hampton Stained with Salt Water The North Sea is shaped like a funnel so when a storm breaks from…
Fiction | Succulent by Alex Aspden
Alex Aspden Succulent We’re having a drink at the old man pub on the corner when she asks me if…
Fiction | The Earring by Colm McDermott
Colm McDermott The Earring … Salted almonds. Spicy potato wedges. Green curry wantons. Sitting before your dressing table mirror, drawing…
Fiction | The Toy House by Niamh Cullen
Niamh Cullen The Toy House Two stories. No, three. Four, says Molly, standing on the bed to reach the bookshelves,…
Fiction | Hair by Daniel O’Connor
Daniel O’Connor Hair At hometime, other mummies would talk to his mummy just so they could bathe their fingers in…
Fiction | Rare Bird by Lauren Sarazen
Lauren Sarazen Rare Bird … “You want to know how to breathe fire?” He was talking to a girl too…
Fiction | What’s My Name? by Gary Grace
Gary Grace What’s My Name? … I wasn’t long “off the boat” in the States before I’d become a parody…
Fiction | Between Weathers by Katherine Robinson
Katherine Robinson Between Weathers Mara was walking home from the hotel when she heard the alarm. She ran down the…
Fiction | Brad Pitt’s Body in Thelma & Louise by Chris Connolly
Chris Connolly Brad Pitt’s Body in Thelma & Louise She looks at his body. She hasn’t been near a body…
Fiction | In the Dark by Sorcha Hamilton
Sorcha Hamilton In the Dark … He sat in the red armchair all evening, drinking cans and smoking. In his…
Fiction | Islam Inc. by Youssef Rakha [Extract]
Youssef Rakha Islam Inc. … It occurred to me that, on an evening like this in the late seventies, when…
Fiction | The Weathermen Were On Strike by JL Bogenschneider
JL Bogenschneider The Weathermen Were On Strike Spokane Daily Chronicle, Mar. 13 1948 Did I ever tell you about…
Fiction | The Uses of Beauty by Hugh Dunkerley
Hugh Dunkerley The Uses of Beauty …. When Clare wakes, the car is moving along a wide valley between fields…
Fiction | The Catch by Sarah Turner
Sarah Turner The Catch It’s a long time since Richard’s seen his father. There are reasons, but he doesn’t…
Fiction | Sky Blue by Phoebe Hurst
Phoebe Hurst Sky Blue The security guard zipped my phone into a grey bag. The zip was made from…
Fiction | Widow: Dominic Rose by Jonathan Meades
Jonathan Meades Widow: Dominic Rose At god knows what hour the doorbell goes. Morning? It’s still dark. There I was…
Fiction | The Changing Light by Patrick Holloway
Patrick Holloway The Changing Light You are at the kitchen window, peeling spuds. It is hard to curve the knife…
Fiction | A Large Coat With An Old Man Inside by Vesna Main
Vesna Main A Large Coat With An Old Man Inside Two weeks had passed between the day she had asked…
Fiction | Pulse by Nell Stevens
Nell Stevens Pulse ‘Hm?’ you said. ‘What did you say?’ All evening, I’d been trying and failing to raise it.…