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Dear Damsels, Today, we’re announcing a transition for DD. We’ve been running this platform for nearly a decade (if you can believe it!) and in… Read More
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Ep 14: So Long As You Write
To mark the publication of SLAYW, we're back with an episode celebrating the magic of putting pen to paper. Featuring exclusive readings from the contributors and a discussion on what writing means to you. Read More
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Submit your writing for DD’s next publication opportunity – a collection by a single author
This submission opportunity is now closed. Read More
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Honesty lines
By Alice Godliman
Alice Godliman's thoughtful poem explores the joy in aging with the expectation of perpetual youth. Read More
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Heartstrings
By Roisin Craig
A short story that explores the opportunities and dangers afforded by a community that forms itself around a shared narrative. Read More
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The Myth of Change
By Emily Schmidt
Emily Schmidt writes a love letter to New York City, her reflection, and the people each of us have yet to be. Read More
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Little Red
By Rebecca Lambert
Rebecca Lambert's 'Little Red' is her re-telling of a popular fairy-tale. For the little girl in her story, the threat has moved from outside to inside the home, and the ‘wolfish’ characteristics that were made palatable in a fairy-tale context become humanised in a frighteningly plausible scenario. Read More
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Look Away, Look Away
By Ann Howells
Ann Howells' moving poem explores the inherited climate crisis and it's effects on our future. Read More
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