Facing eviction from his tiny mouse-ridden damp house, a young man watches his girlfriend struggle to keep up with her fellow students via remote learning, while pondering how to dispose ...
A young trans woman gets her ears pierced for the first time. Continue Reading Otherside
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You avoid talking about the girlfriend. The less you know, the less you are incriminating yourself in this mortal sin. Continue Reading Israel
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An introspective look at the world in light of our new reality. Continue Reading The Enemy Within
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Backfoot’ is set in a world where people can choose to know the date of their death. When Meg discovers hers has changed radically, it throws up doubts about her ...
This was the time when we were still shy and new to budding bodies, excited at the prospect of being with the other sex, but not wanting to show it ...
She walks alone like a ghost and the wind goes through the grass and trees and whispers and is gone. Continue Reading Bitter Lake
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Can’t remember when a week last felt like a month, a month like the distant past. Continue Reading Love in the Time of Corona: Covid-19 Diaries
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The morning after his birthday night out, Cam confides in an estranged friend over his changed expectations and perceived failure in life on reaching the landmark age of thirty. There ...
He is waiting for him. There are no phones. This is 2005. Continue Reading Please, My Watermelon
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“God bless the Free Syrian Army!” a boy cries on an overcast, frigid February afternoon, his breath as gray as his surroundings, “God bless the Free Syrian Army!” ...
A story about a woman recovering from an ectopic pregnancy in Morocco. Continue Reading Zellige
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An essay about the extensive literary output of the cast members of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Collectively, these texts serve as a valuable document of the experiences of ...
Themes of rejection, loneliness and numbness are used to explore life after losing someone who your identity is inevitably linked with. Continue Reading The Last Bus Home
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An autobiographical essay, that moves between past and present, told by a young woman who describes the aftermath of the 29th of November 2019 stabbing of two people at a ...
I knew something was wrong with Polly the day she said the sun was dead. Continue Reading Play Pretend
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A personal memoir about a young woman who finds herself depressed at a hen party. Continue Reading High Priestesses
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Once alone, you wedge a cigarette in your mouth, the room still your domain for the next fifteen minutes. Because it’s paid for the hour. Because you deserve it. ...
On the surface all is peaceful. All is tidy and cared for. But there is more here than that you can see. There are things that are hidden. ...
Marina didn’t just want my words, she wanted touch. In public. Kissing, Embracing. Airports. Library PDA. And not just anywhere but here – where people assumed I was a gypsy ...
