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Short Story: Chiaroscuro by Lindsay Waller-Wilkinson

Chiaroscuro by Lindsay Waller-Wilkinson Audrey is debating whether or not to allow herself a third glass of sherry when she hears a clicking sound coming from the front door. She remembers... Read More...

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Theatre: First Class by Ellen Koivisto

Ellen Koivisto

First Class by Ellen Koivisto On an airplane, in first class. CHARACTERS: FLIGHT ATTENDANT FEMALE PASSENGER PIG — perhaps human looking? FLIGHT ATTENDANT Welcome aboa... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: Counting Backwards to Truly Awake by A.J. Huffman

A.J. Huffman

Counting Backwards to Truly Awake by A.J. Huffman I fall asleep in the hands of a clock that ticks backwards. I find the counter motion comforting as I regress into dreams of the past (sometimes eve... Read More...

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Poetry: Hymn by Matthew Broomfield

Matthew Broomfield

Hymn by Matthew Broomfield the lake has a temple amongst the bulrushes and each morning, it sends minnows to sacrifice themselves at a muddy altar as praise to the god called rain the trees ... Read More...

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Theatre: Our Common Deception by Anna Fox

Anna Fox

Our Common Deception You are breathing elsewhere. A rumination on the inevitable end. A play by Anna Fox Time: Now. Place: Here. Characters: WOMAN – Middle-aged. *This play i... Read More...

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Short Story: Broke in Two by Steele Campbell

Steele Campbell

Broke in Two by Steele Campbell Two inches farther and the concrete would have hit my hair—or only my shadow. As it is, I go to physical therapy three times a week. They say I will get a l... Read More...

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Armchair Philosophy by Amelia Forsbrook

Amelia Forsbrook

Armchair Philosophy Playwright Neil Bebber tells Amelia Forsbrook how lessons learnt from soap operas could help theatres clean up their act. If you want to have a frank conversation about the sta... Read More...

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Poetry: 53 by Fred D’Aguiar

Fred D'Aguiar

Happened to someone else, some place else. Until now, I greet these hot, wet, wide eyes. Here comes that red double-decker bus, with this same number, that I rode from South London to thos... Read More...

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Short Story: Croatia / Turkey 2008 by Jane Slavin

Jane Slavin

Croatia / Turkey 2008 by Jane Slavin Miranda. Game Over. They did not notice her die. They’d both got bets on. Ad used his wife’s last tenner. He’d laughed at Fikret, his new best frie... Read More...

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Poetry: Espressos In Ecuador by Yevgeniy Levitskiy

Yevgeniy Levitskiy

Espressos In Ecuador by Yevgeniy Levitskiy Pablo, a Beretta-carrying barista takes my order down on a rose-colored napkin with a permanent marker, and then walks back into the overc... Read More...

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Poetry: Aloïsia by Jemma L. King

Jemma L. King

Aloïsia by Jemma L. King The last time, I came to as the coldness surged, like a physical weight behind my eyes and the metallic tang of my baby’s blood gummed my thighs, strung, as... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: Ophelia Redux by Martin Porter

Martin Porter

Ophelia Redux by Martin Porter It has been an angry winter. Deep blue horizons shudder beneath deeper clouds. Hoar shattered twigs twist upward where they fell, grasping for an unrelenting... Read More...

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Short Story: Chiaroscuro by Lindsay Waller-Wilkinson

Theatre: First Class by Ellen Koivisto

Flash Fiction: Counting Backwards to Truly Awake by A.J. Huffman

Poetry: Hymn by Matthew Broomfield

Theatre: Our Common Deception by Anna Fox

Short Story: Broke in Two by Steele Campbell

Armchair Philosophy by Amelia Forsbrook

Poetry: 53 by Fred D’Aguiar

Short Story: Croatia / Turkey 2008 by Jane Slavin

Poetry: Espressos In Ecuador by Yevgeniy Levitskiy

Poetry: Aloïsia by Jemma L. King

Flash Fiction: Ophelia Redux by Martin Porter

Poetry: Letters to Brazil by Paul Stephenson

Poetry: Wooden doll, total being by Jenna Clake

Poetry: There’s chaos in my cornflakes by William Griggs

Short Story: Sandgrown by Sarah Brooks

Flash Fiction: Growing Things by Wendy W. Ralph

Short Story: The Old Rehearsal Rooms by Clare Weze

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