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The Dry Cleaner
“‘Be. Good.’ He says the words like they’re two separate ideas.” Angels, tornadoes and a little bit of hope. Continue Reading The Dry Cleaner
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From the Balcony
“You can have this memory, if you want, completely uncorrupted.” On the balcony, two friends talk away the world. Continue Reading From the Balcony
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Other Poetry
N/A Oparah brings us an exploration into mother-daughter relationships, and the way religion and technology play their part.
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Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday
Xanbir
Us? We are dry bread in the mouth, rough on the tongue. Our imperfect faces are hidden away behind soot-stained xanbirs of wooly cloth that used to be white as ...
People bought and sold: Queer Season opening night at the King’s Head Theatre
From July to September, The King’s Head pub theatre will be running a 6 week queer season to promote LGBTQ+ voices in the London fringe theatre scene. Sophia Moss attends opening ...
Holy Ghost
My hospital does not do rape kits. This bothers me but not enough to make me quit.
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Thy Perfect Light
“I prayed the night before my cancer diagnosis, and then I prayed again the night after. It was during the darkness of those long months in hospital—robbed of my vitality, ...
Getting Stuck in the Snow: an interview with Dan Rhodes
There’s never going to be a shortage of horrifying public figures to make fun of. I’m sure they would get a lot of mileage out of Vince Cable for a ...
Dystopia: A New Religion for Fatherless Sons
“When he fell out of his coffin, I cried like life was crazy, hid under my chair and prayed—Please don’t let this be a dream. It took one night for ...
Novel: Amity & Sorrow by Peggy Riley
Kate Brown on a story of life for a mother and her two daughters after they escape from a religious cult. Down on her luck in her teens, Amaranth marries ...
The Master and Margarita at the Barbican Theatre
To read, The Master and Margarita is a stunning yet at times bewildering novel. The very fact that it has ever been adapted for the stage is worthy of applause. ...
The Uncanny Valley
The metal plating had a nice polished chrome finish so that when I looked down at its bald cranium, I could see the whole kitchen reflected back at me. The ...