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Ep 13: Nature Writing Special
To celebrate publication of Tools for Surviving a Storm, we discuss nature, writing and women, and chat with author of the collection Nadia Henderson. Read More
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New Beginnings
Francesca Gilbert's protagonist only likes beginnings. Here, she longs for one to start with someone it shouldn't. Read More
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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
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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
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Grey Ghosts
Tension slowly builds as the snow softly falls on a beautiful, eerie landscape in this wintery tale by Kate Todd, featuring a close encounter. Read More
5 years ago
‘If you ask me I will lie’ & ‘The seasons speak; sometimes I listen’
Teeter between transience and permanence with two tense poems by St. James. Read More
5 years ago
Skin of Your Lips
Ella D. Gajic's poem on the destructive compulsions of a relationship. Read More
6 years ago
Battleground
Jess Glaisher captures in words that relentless, tactile energy, the push and the pull, and the need to continue. Read More
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