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Flash Fiction: 10:59:59 by Christopher North

10:59:59 by Christopher North Third Prize in the Bare Fiction Prize for Flash Fiction 2014 fluorescent tubes were flickering in the executive suite. The central gutter had backed up half its length... Read More...

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Poetry: Wild Thorn by Bethany W. Pope

Bethany W. Pope

Wild Thorn by Bethany W. Pope Third Prize in the Bare Fiction Prize for Poetry 2014 Dante cased his suicides in wood; Every tree bled pain and hard stories, so Agony lingered as the corpse cooled... Read More...

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Poetry: The Last of England by Stephen Devereux

Stephen Devereux

The Last of England by Stephen Devereux Second Prize in the Bare Fiction Prize for Poetry 2014 There are black stumps, now, round the Liver Building like rotten teeth in a much-loved mouth and th... Read More...

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Short Story: Trout Quintet by Allie Rogers

Allie Rogers

Trout Quintet by Allie Rogers Second Prize in the Bare Fiction Prize for Short Story 2014 Church bells tumble-chasing each other through an October morning. Michael Chalmers opens his green eyes. A... Read More...

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Poetry: Let’s send our lovers into orbit by Liz Venn

Liz Venn

Let’s send our lovers where cups are sealed and breath is measured in grams, where things return to them in circles: continents, their own recycled air. Let’s send our lovers outside blue, wh... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: Count the Words, Hold your Breath by Aki Schilz

Aki Schilz

Count the Words, Hold your Breath by Aki Schilz Winner of the Bare Fiction Prize for Flash Fiction 2014 You could be any one of my lovers: they all look the same when I’m lonely (count them). * I... Read More...

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Short Story: Ger Sheen and the Satanists by David McGrath

David McGrath

Ger Sheen and the Satanists by David McGrath Winner of the Bare Fiction Prize for Short Story 2014 Willy Byrne’s fuck-your-mother swagger was a swagger to mug you off, a swagger to warn were half a... Read More...

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Contents: Issue 5 – March 2015

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Issue 5 Contents Bare Fiction Magazine Issue 5 Poetry | Fiction | Theatre | Articles Published April 10th 2015 Buy your copy now or subscribe to get three issues in print or digital edit... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: 10:59:59 by Christopher North

Poetry: Wild Thorn by Bethany W. Pope

Poetry: The Last of England by Stephen Devereux

Short Story: Trout Quintet by Allie Rogers

Poetry: Let’s send our lovers into orbit by Liz Venn

Flash Fiction: Count the Words, Hold your Breath by Aki Schilz

Short Story: Ger Sheen and the Satanists by David McGrath

Contents: Issue 5 – March 2015

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

Bare Fiction Prize 2017 Results

Contents: Issue 10 – November 2017

Contents: Issue 9 – April 2017