The Octopus Who Dismembered Love

After ‘Incarnations of Burned Children’ by David Foster Wallace The half-chewed octopus lay like a tumour on the gold-rimmed dinner … More

Poetry Drafting: the Poet as Gardener

I was once a firm believer in the philosophy: first thought, best thought. This is the belief in the purity … More

Charles Simic famously said that the prose poem “has the unusual distinction of being regarded with suspicion not only by … More

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

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

I am extremely excited to announce that my short play The Change has been chosen as part of a Shorts … More

Cutting Corners is my new interview series, and my first guest is Cody Sexton of Anxiety Press. He is the … More

Monica Drake is an American writer who has famously attended a writing programme with Chuck Palahnuik and Cheryl Strayed. Her … More

Anyone who knows me knows I love food. It’s an inside joke between us all. I primarily write Poetry and … More

Authors Note: To follow on from ‘Pretty Boy’, this linked Senryu displays my contempt for those who judge what others … More