“At three minutes past ten, lightning struck Harry.” Today’s #TuesdayTales is “The November Storm” by Chris Bogle. Continue Reading The November Storm
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“His emotions had been amplified this way ever since the accident.” Today’s #StorySunday is “Under the Falling Sky” by Stephen Brophy. Continue Reading Under the Falling Sky
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“There is one figure standing in front of the building now.” Today’s #TuesdayTales piece is “Ballerina” by Ilina Trendafilova. Continue Reading Ballerina
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“This sickening happens at around the time the girl is due to buy her next packet…” Today’s #StorySunday is “Bind” by Ruth Geldard. Continue Reading Bind
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“We lay on the grass for over an hour, listening to a bygone era.” In our latest Podcast, Helen Heikkilä explores what we lose to the past and our efforts ...
“One of your car parks now has a seemingly unending hole in it.” Today’s #TuesdayTales piece is “Worms” by Calla Nell Preece. Continue Reading Worms
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“Dhimitraq’s late arrival aroused interest”. Today’s #StorySunday takes us to 1940s communist Albania, during the collectivisation period. Continue Reading Murroi, The Story of a Calf
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For a few seconds, I’m suspended in shadowless green. Then suddenly I’m in a field, in a squall, on the edge of a stand of tall spruces. Their icy branches ...
Daniel was the first of us to spend the night alone in there.” Today’s unsettling #TuesdayTale is Nicola Varley’s “The Bone Room”. Continue Reading The Bone Room
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You will notice the ruffle of feathers wherever you wander”. Today’s #StorySunday by Sally Gander is “A Field Guide to Birds in Other Forms”. Continue Reading A ...
When wisecracking mini-Jesus turns up in a Mason jar, and holds his own. Continue Reading Kinky Christmas Runner-up: Little Christmas
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Inspired by the author’s old hairdresser who was unable to return to Poland each Christmastime. Continue Reading Kinky Christmas First Prize: Variant Mass
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I knew something important was happening because a taxi pulled up and Mum told me to come downstairs.” In today’s #StorySunday, a young woman navigates her life on a council ...
Oh, reticent consumer, presumer of endless parades of dead-soul days. Crash the doors, explore the twin shelves Continue Reading The More You Buy the More You Save
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I see in each ruby a trapped woman in the confines of her man’s world. Continue Reading Ruby
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With fork and knife, thus armed he watched as she began to peel back the skin of the plaice with a delicate precision until its white flesh glistened, perfectly pearlescent, ...
For weeks, even months, after the gig, he remembered that feeling, could cling to it every now and then even as it faded or slipped from his grasp. He would ...
Experimenting is part of human nature but is perhaps no more manifest than in culture – and specifically the arts.
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Stepping outside what’s expected is exactly what leads us to unexpected rewards.
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I’m not having a bad time. It’s just a time. Continue Reading Liminal Life
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