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Sep 3, 20234 min read

Lumley Street - By Andre Thomas

I held my hand up to Fatman who stood on McGraw next to the Alryashi Store. Fatman’s real name was Benjamin Carter. Though, no one dared...

Aug 19, 20232 min read

The Present - By Conrad Gardner

Collette had been through a bad breakup. Not only did she find Nicola, her no-longer-girlfriend in bed with some guy who looked like...

Aug 8, 20231 min read

Roll On - By John Grey

I wake at one a.m. like a fishbone in a throat. Dim night light. Ticking of a watch. And the moon like a straw bell tolling silently. A...

Aug 8, 20231 min read

The Noise From Within, Below - By John Grey

As the years go by, the dead grow louder. My ancestors echo through my bones, my bloodstream. The graves of soldiers cry out at those who...

Aug 8, 20232 min read

Carpets - By Conrad Gardner

I never lived in a house with carpets until I started renting my first flat, the one above the chippie. It felt like an okay compromise,...

Aug 7, 202324 min read

A Hungry Dance - By T R Healy

“This dance has no name. It is a hungry dance.” - Wallace Stevens, “Dance of the Macabre Mice” Prologue Am I alive? Rogers wondered as...

Aug 7, 20231 min read

A Self Born Mission - By H L Dowless

I’m on a self born mission, Like a bat out of hell, In an apathetic mental condition, Riding a midnight carousel. I don’t know exactly...