She’s exhausted. She wants to go back to the beginning, but she’s lost, lost. Too many people on the streets; cars …
Before it Disappears
Written by Tracie McMahon
A piece to mark International Women’s Day on 08 March: A short story about a woman and a place using picture prompts …
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The bright side of life
Written by Eva Chow
A wise man once said that ‘bad things will happen to you if you live long enough’. It rang true for Irene …
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In the Bilge
Written by Amanda Hemmings
London was never this dark. Not even with the fog black as soot and thick as a toff’s curtains did it …
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She shrieked. He saw a flash of bare skin and in his mind lights flared in a hospital room but vanished as …
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Pellucid
Written by Rob Wilcher
They are lapdogs at the foot of my bed. One is charity, a pallid young man seeking alms for those he has …
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Room
Written by Rob Wilcher
The floorboards are stark and withered. Blood from the man I just shot seeps in between wide cracks. Normally there is a …
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The Hall of Things that Were
Written by Rob Wilcher
The man stood at the massive carved doors, with its monumental forged handles and hinges. At the top, embossed with gold leaf, …
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Bloodline
Written by Rob Wilcher
1. Sam sat in the darkened granny flat, slightly removed from her grandfather who lay dying in the bed. The old man’s …
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The Last Twist of the Knife
Written by Amanda Hemmings
No coward soul is mine; no trembler in the world’s storm-troubled sphere, she always murmured. Before every protest, every demonstration, she …
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