‘Foxglove’ by Nadia Henderson: from Tools for Surviving a Storm: Eleven Tales of Nature, Love and Fear

By Nadia Henderson

Read Foxglove from Nadia Henderson's collection Tools for Surviving the Storm. This incisive short story explores how mother's debilitating fear turns to obsession. Read More

Little Joys

By Ella Leith

Ella Leith's poem 'Little Joys' expresses pleasure at the little things in life that can make a difference. Read More

casual

By Georgina Jeronymides-Norie

'casual' is written using haiku stanzas, aside from the final 2 stanzas to explore the pleasure and sadness of a sexual relationship that will never be anything more. Read More

How Can I Help?

By Dushi Rasiah

Dushi Rasiah's short story follows a supermarket checkout worker through her shift, as she finds small (and sometimes vindictive) pleasures in customer interactions and solitary moments. Read More

Eternal Optimist

By Dilly Attygalle

Eternal Optimist is about finding joy in the outside world again after a period of being secluded written post pandemic. Read More

Instructions for Breathing

By Bonnie Radcliffe

Bonnie Radcliffe's poem focuses on the physical sensations and psychological release to be found in cold water. Read More

Aprikosen, Marillen – from What She’s Having: Stories of Women and Food

By Maria Ilona Moore

Maria Ilona Moore's non-fiction piece Aprikosen, Marillen, where she explores her family's history, nostalgia and duality of homemade apricot jam. Read More

Nudge Theory

By Emily Hopkins

Emily Hopkins' poem focuses on how calorie labelling on menus affects someone with a history of disordered eating. tw: disordered eating, diet culture Read More

Snow Days

By Nadia Henderson

Nadia Henderson's free-verse poem 'Snow Days' explores the simple joy of an unexpected day off work against the difficult backdrop of the climate crisis that has caused it. Read More

I’ll Show You

Ilisha Thiru Purcell imagines what it would be like to talk to her 18 year old self and to tell her about all the pleasure she is yet to experience. Read More