The March Letter
Dear Damsels, It’s time to start again. Make your comeback, resurrect an old version of yourself, go back to basics and rebuild. The theme for… Read More
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Party Rings and POM-BEARS
In Mariah Feria's short fiction, Meg is on a mission to return to the food of her childhood, loading her trolley with snacks that bring back memories of simpler times. Read More
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Unearthing Letters I Wrote You Three Years Ago
Remembering a relationship, one letter a time. Kayla King's beautiful poetry sears like sunburn. Read More
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Saying Goodbye to Cigarettes and Johnny Cash
Letting go of cigarettes allowed Alice Whiting to let go of her past – here she traces the habit and how it determined other aspects of her life. Read More
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Pulling Myself Up
Alexandra Keirsebelik's poem is a note-to-self that, sometimes, a moment of revival can come when we are at our lowest point. Read More
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Nine Lives
What if you had nine lives to live? In this fantasy fiction, Alizée Chesnoy uncovers a world of second, third and fourth chances. Read More
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Words to Revive You
"You know that weird feeling in your throat that you get just before you really, properly cry?" Olivia Sleet provides some advice for how to pull yourself back from the brink of tears. Read More
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Second Act
Reviving an old friendship, one stanza at a time. Read Molly Whyte's poem. Read More
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The Legacy of Santa Lucia
A pilgrimage to Holly Stratton's remote old family home in Italy leads to revival – but not as she was expecting... Read More
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