First Kiss (Trixi Rosa)

My first kiss was framed by rusty corrugated iron walls and wonky wooden fences. It was sung by earth shattering sounds of passing cement-tankers. The crown of my head melting …

Final Frontier (Joo-Inn Chew)

Between traffic lights the night is dark and shapeless. My father’s van feels like a dented spaceship, dad and I strapped in like astronauts jetting through nothingness. He drives silently, …

26 Outings

1. Friday evening, as my husband and I are getting ready for bed, I tell him I think I’ve fallen for a girl. That night we have passionate ‘I can’t …

1,000 (Robin Gow)

I’ve done the math. 884 is the number of masses I attended between when I was born & when I was 17. If you think about holy days that’s at …

Fudgepackers (Daniel Young)

“Fudgepackers!” said John, referring to our American corporate overseers. The spaceship-like Polycom phone had only just made a final crackle before falling silent, so my offence at him using that …