Hedgerows and Stones
A young woman finds something she shouldn't in her garden – but will she keep it, or let it go? Flutter with Lucy Powell's fiction. Read More
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Eve, Summer ’79
Alizée Chesnoy's tender short story is a portrait of a family – of estranged mothers and filling in the gaps. Read More
7 years ago
Dead Ends (Part 2)
In the second and final part of Sara Nisha Adams' short story, tensions rise to the surface and the journey comes to an end. Read More
7 years ago
Dead Ends (Part 1)
In Part 1 of Sara Nisha Adams' short story, two friends-of-friends set off on a journey that neither want to be on. Read More
7 years ago
Behind Closed Doors
In a brave piece of fiction, Emilie Kristensen-McLachlan builds up a picture of a broken relationship to the moment it finally cracks. (tw: domestic abuse) Read More
7 years ago
Words Born to Speak
Anna Myers writes about a feeling pushed down, kept out of sight, and words safely locked away. Read More
7 years ago
He Loves that Story
A box of secrets, under her bed; Kate Vine's short story is of a marriage and the parts that are left unsaid. Read More
7 years ago
Little Black Book
In Elizabeth Atkin’s short fiction, secrets are kept in the sand, in old beds and foreign countries. But not all secrets are made to be kept. Read More
7 years ago
Confession
Our first piece of Love Week is a hushed confession of a poem by Lucy Goodwill. Read More
7 years ago
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