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 …
Stories Uncovered, Stories Untold (Wendy Chen)
Edited by Ramon Loyola Wenzhou, China — January 2017 Ye Ye, my paternal grandfather, sits silently in the living room, seemingly weighed down by multiple layers of thick jackets, wool and …
THE BUILDING BLOCK BOY (Joe Davies)
The room was large, high-ceilinged and poorly lit. There was a lamp on the desk and another beside the mattress in the corner, both were on, but the light they …
The Butcher in the Moonlight (Indigo Perry)
(Edited by Laura McPhee-Browne) The Butcher in the Moonlight It’s that time, long after midnight, long before morning, when it’s hard to wake the ones who sleep. Her little sister …
Simone Says (Emily Barber)
I wake naked in an empty bed. ‘Reuben?’ I call, but there’s no response. Anxious all of a sudden, I pull on knickers and a camisole and pad down the …
My Father’s Shopping List (Mark O’Flynn)
The trouble with having a doctor for a father is that you are brought up calling a spade a spade. Or more accurately a spatula a spatula, a scalpel a …
All Flesh
(Ben Brooker)
‘We should give it a name,’ Angela said. Her mother blinked at her. ‘You said “it”.’ ‘What?’ ‘If it’s an “it”, how come it needs a name?’ Angela, not knowing …
Book of Colours
(Robyn Cadwallader)
The cross had just enough lacework and carving to give space for his hands and feet, and despite his aching clumsiness he climbed up as far as he could for …
Removing Blood Stains
(Amy T Matthews)
(edited by Laura McPhee-Browne) 1. Exsanguination. Ex – out of. Sanguis – blood. To bleed out. 2. It takes up to fifteen minutes to bleed out. 3. Felix Baumgartner fell …
Gold Coast to Colombo Return (Emily Riches)
(edited by Kathryn Hummel) To be having an adventure / is a sign of incompetence. ~ Anne Carson Gold Coast to Colombo Just before we get on the plane, my …