Issue Eight Written
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Strangers in a Café – Hannah James
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Strangers in a Café [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Hannah James [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4750″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]A swirl of steam rises past Clarisse’s collarbones. Dark auburn liquid sits in the… Read more.
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Double Dally – Samuel Maguire
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Double Dally [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Samuel Maguire skydekkerix.com [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4817″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I think where you’re from is less important than where you end up. I’m from… Read more.
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How to Make Chocolate Cake – Jamie Colley
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] How to Make Chocolate Cake [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jamie Colley [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4808″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Step One: Be a Snob. You need to be snobbish. Parade through the… Read more.
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Boom – Zoe Maher
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Boom [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Zoe Maher [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4804″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Boom the shock wave thunders out a blast that strips us bare the words echo in my… Read more.
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Iredescence – A Duologue – Alex “Zenny” Rich
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Iridescence – A Duologue [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Alex “Zenny” Rich @zenny.is.here [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4799″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Multiple Choice What do I know? Nothing and everything And that… Read more.
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I am the Sanest Person I Know – Rory Hawkins
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] I Am The Sanest Person I Know [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Rory Hawkins @rory_writes_sometimes [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4796″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I had only fifteen minutes to do something that wasn’t… Read more.
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To Live Another Day – Catherine Lee
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] To Live Another Day [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Catherine Lee [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4606″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I nurse my hurt in my hands as I wait for my heart to… Read more.
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Gnawing – Hannah James
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Gnawing [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Hannah James [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4600″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Something blinks its eyes at me Something stirs awake in me at 5am. Small drops of… Read more.
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The Ghost at the Checkout Counter – Matisse Duncan
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Ghost at the Checkout Counter [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Matisse Duncan [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4654″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]She walked through like a whisper. The door didn’t move. The floor… Read more.
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Surrendered – Stanley Benjamin
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Surrendered [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Stanley Benjamin stanleybenjamin.com [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4624″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Car horns, Soundcloud rap from a ‘UE Boom’ speaker, grinding natural gas bus engines, bricks and… Read more.
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A Goblin’s Promise – Jamie Stevens
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Goblin’s Promise [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jamie Stevens @jamie.c.stevens [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4629″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]It was dark when Gargleshank approached the clearing. The light of several campfires cast… Read more.
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A Love Letter for Death – Chayse Reid
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Love Letter for Death [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Chayse Reid [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4635″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I would have written you a letter if I could. I’d write something… Read more.
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The Joy of Rebuilding Lego Incorrectly — Duncan Butcher
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Joy of Rebuilding Lego Incorrectly [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Duncan Butcher [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4777″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]During lockdown, we all had to find ways to pass the time.… Read more.
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What We Keep — Nicole Jacobsen
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] What We Keep [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Nicole Jacobsen @by.nicoleaj [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4665″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]‘There are two types of collectors.’ … Read more.
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Little and New Ways – Fen Carter
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Little and New Ways [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Fen Carter [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4693″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]And in the morning when I wake, I go down to the river reflecting… Read more.
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Protagonism – B. A. Tunstall
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Protagonism [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] B. A. Tunstall @bealaiste [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4660″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]AFTER ALL An erasure poem of the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by… Read more.
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Penance – Dante Rizal
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Penance [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Dante Rizal [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4676″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Hellish roses bathed in blood Float across the crimson flood Falling into dreams of rouge Born from… Read more.
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The Stages of Decomposition – Shelby Lee
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Stages of Decomposition [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Shelby Lee [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4603″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]For a week, we side-step that dead warbler, rotting belly-up on the footpath. I… Read more.
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Ophelia, 1851 – Grace Harvey
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ophelia, 1851 For Elizabeth Siddal [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Grace Harvey @graceharveywrites [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4668″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]departed from myth your violet gown, four pounds second-hand, oil lamp heated… Read more.
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To Fly or to Fall – Harrison Costigan
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] To Fly or to Fall [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Harrison Costigan Content Warning: Suicide, Mental Illness [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4646″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Curiosity. No, that wasn’t quite right. Amazement? Disbelief?… Read more.
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You Don’t Just Feel the Knife – Sebastian Jasper
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] You Don’t Just Feel the Knife [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Sebastian Jasper [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4818″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]You don’t just feel a knife. You’ll feel the tear in your… Read more.
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An Uncaged Little Bird – David L. Farr
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] An Uncaged Little Bird [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] David L. Farr [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4494″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Tap, tap, tap. The tiny bird jumped from foot to foot, quickly plucking… Read more.
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Muses and Fates – David L. Farr
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Muses and Fates [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] David L. Farr [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4471″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]THE WILD ENERGIES OF TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES entwined together—a dance of fate. Of fate?… Read more.
