Red Eye

Their eyes were on me like little cocktail cherries swirling around the glass. Fat with moisture, almost pink, And I … More

How I Wrote It: Aberconwy Fable

Author’s Note: ‘Aberconwy Fable’ was originally published in the Bel Espirit Newspaper. I am a frequent writer for their magazine, … More

Exit Satan’s Men Cento April is the colonnade of rain keeping us warm with dried tubers. Between rosed lips, stillness … More

Reading: Armadale by Wilkie Collins / Life With Picasso by Francoise Gilot / Everyman Pocket Poets: Art and Artists “Beware of … More

Hen sat at the bus shelter in a blueberry coat with a tissue tucked in the right sleeve. Her carer … More

The idea of magic had been a constant in my life, right up until high school. The miserable time I … More

This coming November, my very first sibling will enter the world. When I was a child, I adored fantasy stories … More

“I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow, the million moving shapes and cul-de-sacs of shadow. … More

Author’s Note: Ask any writer and they will show you the scrap heap residing in their notebooks and USB sticks: the … More