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    Tea Time, Blue Beast, and Flowers in February
    • Mar 3
    • 2 min
    Creative Writing

    Tea Time, Blue Beast, and Flowers in February

    Writing by Clem Prime. Illustrations by Annie Whiteson. Tea Time Watching the mould grow in my tea Comforts me It means things Take their...
    I think everyone's burnt out by fourth year
    • Mar 3
    • 1 min
    Creative Writing

    I think everyone's burnt out by fourth year

    Writing by Justine White. Illustration by Annie Whiteson. I think everyone’s burnt out by fourth year your circle’s circumference closes...
    the hysteric
    • Mar 3
    • 1 min
    Creative Writing

    the hysteric

    Writing by Hannah Dove. Illustration by Claire Shankie. here it is. it is festering and ugly and nobody wants to touch it. here, come...
    The Rough Draft
    • Mar 3
    • 6 min
    Creative Writing

    The Rough Draft

    Writing by Lola Weisselberg. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. What the hell is that noise? Oh. Right. Alarm. Shut it off. Shut it off...
    Tasmanian devil/Taz
    • Mar 3
    • 2 min
    Creative Writing

    Tasmanian devil/Taz

    Writing by Daniel Delfs. Illustration Berenika Murray. When a heart beats against the borders of being An energy artificial or internal,...
    Together Underfoot
    • Jan 25
    • 5 min
    Creative Writing

    Together Underfoot

    Writing by Eitan Orenstein. Illustration via Unsplash. The cage was old and mostly unused. It was used for some things, but not nearly as...
    Sea, Swallow Me
    • Jan 25
    • 1 min
    Creative Writing

    Sea, Swallow Me

    Writing by Justine White. Illustration by Annie Whiteson cw: suicide, OCD, depression On an autumn day I swim until an undercurrent drags...
    Armament
    • Jan 25
    • 1 min
    Creative Writing

    Armament

    Writing by Hannah Burns. Illustration by Lucy Copeland-Tucker. Morphing, murmuring New flaps of skin form and fold over each other...
    A Love-song for Torpedoed Minds
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 4 min
    Creative Writing

    A Love-song for Torpedoed Minds

    Writing by Will Penkethman-Carr. Illustration by Annie Whiteson. The Queen is dead. The Queen is dead! But she’s not - see her rise out...
    Anastasia
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 8 min
    Creative Writing

    Anastasia

    Writing by Paul Aubé. Photograph by Mike Yukhtenko. Glorious fucking Icarus. One merely has to spread their arms wide and float above the...
    The Self-Help Book Says Don't Serve Two Masters
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 1 min
    Creative Writing

    The Self-Help Book Says Don't Serve Two Masters

    Writing by Jess Rush. Illustration by Bea Dessent.
    Thoughts of the sea from a pavement.
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 2 min
    Creative Writing

    Thoughts of the sea from a pavement.

    Writing by Magdalene Hoy. Photograph by Jeremy Bishop. And so it goes that he had finally died. For years I’d been ready, occupied. For...
    Serious Man (a Sartrean experiment)
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 5 min
    Creative Writing

    Serious Man (a Sartrean experiment)

    Writing by Will Penkethman-Carr. Image via Unsplash. From an iron sky the wind cuts into protesting bodies; winter occupies April. The...
    Food Freedom
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 2 min
    Creative Writing

    Food Freedom

    Writing by Holly Mackin. Illustration by Berenika Murray. TW - Eating Disorders, Dark Subject Matter It was on my mind 24/7, I was...
    'The electrified dreams of a trigger-happy channel-flicker'
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 6 min
    Creative Writing

    'The electrified dreams of a trigger-happy channel-flicker'

    Writing by Will Penkethman-Carr. Illustration by Phoebe McGowan. Greg Wallace comes to me in a dream. Come to me, Greg, come to me. We...
    'Vandalism Against Spring Flowers'
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 5 min
    Creative Writing

    'Vandalism Against Spring Flowers'

    Writing by Maria Wrang-Rasmussen. Illustration from Unsplash. 1. Three short-stemmed daffodils. Looks like they were plucked, carried the...
    'Home Remedies' / 'When This Shall Be in Bloom'
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 4 min
    Creative Writing

    'Home Remedies' / 'When This Shall Be in Bloom'

    Writing by Hattie Atkins. Illustration from Unsplash. 'Home Remedies' I mourn the mornings: body folded like pastry, unfurling in the...
    I just came here to make friends and get a degree…
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 3 min
    Current Affairs

    I just came here to make friends and get a degree…

    Writing by Ayesha Dawson. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. Content warning: contains discussion of sexual assault. My all-girl school did...
    'Witchcraft’s Due Kapital Punishment'
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 1 min
    Creative Writing

    'Witchcraft’s Due Kapital Punishment'

    Writing by Daniel Irvine. Illustration from Unsplash. Industrial bells ring out to summon private property pyre. “Burn the chaotic...
    'wood ears'
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 2 min
    Creative Writing

    'wood ears'

    Writing by Paola Lindo. Illustration from Unsplash. are common, so soft and easy to pick apart so i pressed and picked them. bloody arms...
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