I wish I didn’t have a hole. It seems extreme, I know. But I can’t seem to get the idea out of my head. Life would be easier without a …
My Stalker (PS Cottier)
See her reflected in those shop windows? Mumbling grey granny, disrespected elder, spectacled and zimmered, inching so fast, faster than she should. Faster than breath. Ninja quiet now, with crochet …
Lumpectomy / I’m So Sorry (Kristen Roberts)
Lumpectomy They cut a lump from me – a bully, too big for its boots they said, but harmless – and then pulled the wound’s edges in like purse strings, closed …
Spinning Wheels (Merrindahl Andrew)
Spinning wheels in wet ruts, the spray of muddy water: rainbows. I would love to, I would love to I would love to, I will never. Who’s at home to …
A flash flood of hailstones (Tom Doig)
I woke up with an icepick headache. It felt like an alcoholic horse had pissed in my mouth. I lay in my sleeping bag trying not to retch, struggling to …
Believing in the Book: Finlay Lloyd’s new smalls
Review by Phill Stamatellis The death of the book has become a tiresome mantra that in recent years has reached fever pitch. That beast Amazon has stretched its tentacles beyond …
What everyone said (Fikret Pajalic)
My next-door neighbour on the left moved out one day. I didn’t know when and I didn’t see him leave. He just left. Vanished. He was a quiet, stooped fellow …
posthumous (Mark Roberts)
1. he did show some promise. those early poems were acclaimed politely but honestly by the right people & he hoped for meetings with publishers, small print runs & launches …
Goodness and Dangerous Freedom: Beryl Fletcher’s Juno & Hannah
Review by Tristan Foster The story opens with a river in flood. The rain has kept Juno and Hannah inside, and at the first opportunity they hurry out, down to …
A MERCHANT OF E-CULTURE: an interview with Editia’s Charlotte Harper
What’s the future of publishing? It’s a fair question, an important question, and if there’s anyone who might be able to provide an answer, or even just a few hints, …