Fiction | A False Memory of Happier Times Filled with Laughter and Music by David MicklemFiction, WritingDavid 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 Róisín LaniganFiction, Róisín Lanigan, WritingRóisín 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 HamptonFiction, WritingSophie Hampton Stained with Salt Water The North Sea is shaped like a funnel so when a storm breaks from…
Fiction | Succulent by Alex AspdenFiction, WritingAlex 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 McDermottFiction, WritingColm McDermott The Earring … Salted almonds. Spicy potato wedges. Green curry wantons. Sitting before your dressing table mirror, drawing…
Fiction | The Toy House by Niamh CullenFiction, WritingNiamh Cullen The Toy House Two stories. No, three. Four, says Molly, standing on the bed to reach the bookshelves,…
Fiction | Hair by Daniel O’ConnorFiction, WritingDaniel 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 SarazenFiction, WritingLauren 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 GraceFiction, WritingGary 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 RobinsonFiction, WritingKatherine 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 ConnollyFiction, WritingChris 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 HamiltonFiction, NewsSorcha 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]Fiction, NewsYoussef 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 BogenschneiderFiction, News 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 DunkerleyFiction, NewsHugh Dunkerley The Uses of Beauty …. When Clare wakes, the car is moving along a wide valley between fields…
Fiction | The Catch by Sarah TurnerFictionSarah 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 HurstFiction, HomepagePhoebe Hurst Sky Blue The security guard zipped my phone into a grey bag. The zip was made from…
Fiction | Widow: Dominic Rose by Jonathan MeadesFiction, NewsJonathan 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 HollowayFiction, Homepage, Short StoriesPatrick 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 MainFiction, Homepage, Short StoriesVesna Main A Large Coat With An Old Man Inside Two weeks had passed between the day she had asked…
Fiction | Pulse by Nell StevensFiction, Homepage, Short StoriesNell Stevens Pulse ‘Hm?’ you said. ‘What did you say?’ All evening, I’d been trying and failing to raise it.…
Fiction | Aurora by Seraphina Madsen [Extract]Fiction, NewsSeraphina Madsen Aurora The following extract is reproduced with permission from Seraphina Madsen’s Aurora. A surreal, speculative, read-in-one-sitting, feminist literary…
Fiction | Lizette by the Sea by Jade Angeles FittonFiction, Fiction, Homepage, News, WritingJade Angeles Fitton Lizette by the Sea Lizette stared at the oranges on her Liberty print diary until they bloomed…
Fiction | Three Lions by Rachel BowerFiction, Homepage, WritingRachel Bower Three Lions A small boy is feeding a whole white loaf to the pigeons in the road, three…