That’s the thing about this business. Some days you sparkle like a teenage vampire. Some days you feel as though you’ve walked through the remains of an exploded dhrishti …
Instinct (Angela Meyer)
My burrow smells like animal shit and typist underarms. There is also the earth. Sigmund greets me with a hiss and I take him from the glass and let him …
Movement (Julie Thorndyke)
Marguerite was at the gynaecologist’s when the earthquake struck. The nurse was asking about her children, their ages, progress and activities; Marguerite was perched on the end of the …
FROM THE EMERGENCY: an interview with Sunil Badami
ALEC PATRIC This is the nightmare. You write your first novel. You pour everything you have into it, from raw talent to wild hope. You finish this novel and a …
The Biggest Love (Krissy Kneen)
No one could ease the pain he felt, had been feeling for too long now. She raised an eyebrow as he entered the kitchen, held her breath. She could smell …
Hatton's Hunger (Mark William Jackson)
Review of Stu Hatton’s collection of poetry, How to be Hungry. Bukowski once said “don’t play with madness, madness doesn’t play.” Likewise, don’t play with words unless you know what …
Snapshots of Strangers (Paddy O'Reilly)
My godfather conned us. He ran off with the family fortune, my brother’s cricket bat, and a small, secret part of my mother’s heart. We heard he had bought a …
Snapshots of Strangers (Paddy O’Reilly)
My godfather conned us. He ran off with the family fortune, my brother’s cricket bat, and a small, secret part of my mother’s heart. We heard he had bought a …
SNAPSHOTS OF TRUTH: an interview with Paddy O'Reilly
ALEC PATRIC There’s a way a writer places themselves in a box when they create a story. The more we write the more that box defines itself as the limits …
Resolution 666 (Paul Adkin)
Esteemed Creator of the Universe: In accord with resolution 666, passed unanimously last November by the Security Council of the United Association of Metaphysical Democracies, also known as GNU (God …