Whistleblower, Speak
Writing by Molly Herbert. Illustration by Beth Morton. Eagle Eyes stares from my bedroom window, curtains winding, transparent in the...
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Nov 1, 20208 min read
Revelations of Divine Love
Writing by Jessica Cave. Below are found expects from a diary of Julian after and during her sickness. She titled her life in Chapters...
Nov 1, 20201 min read
Vague attempts at self-care
Writing by Alice Fischer. Illustration by Zoë Dutton. Ply the sheet off my face Gel serum for youth I am Bateman. Cocky in appearance But...
Nov 1, 20201 min read
Borderline
Writing by Claire Shankie. Illustration by Claire Shankie. Where should I go? Where should I stay? Do I belong? I’ll leave anyway. Start?...
Nov 1, 20201 min read
Outcrop
Writing by Harry Clough. Illustration by Josie Berry. Two lovers land on a swan’s nesting place, Oscillating dragons on paper wings And...
Nov 1, 20201 min read
What's the use?
Writing by Magnus McDowall. Illustration by Polly Burnay. What’s the use? Of a stroll through pock-marked streets, Where each door is...
Nov 1, 20201 min read
Violins
Writing by Albertine Clarke. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. His grandfather made violins. He says it taught him patience, Craft: the...
Nov 1, 20202 min read
A Half-Eaten Breakfast in Caithness
Writing by Molly MacLean. Illustration by Celeste John-Wood. The sudden flush of dawn had stirred something vile. Collapsed upon the bed...
Nov 1, 20202 min read
Holes like a sieve
Writing by Ellen Willott. Illustration by Carlos Finlay. When I was little, I decided that I would always remember a moment. It wasn't a...
Nov 1, 20201 min read
An Obstacle
Writing by Amelia Morgan. Illustration by Fran Wise. There’s a small chicken and she’s sitting in the way; the doorways not big enough...
Nov 1, 20201 min read
20 sth
Writing by Niamh Melvin. Illustration by Polly Burnay. These are the words of an almost 20 something my life flashing by unknown and...
Sep 9, 20203 min read
A Snow Globe World: Lockdown’s Lessons on Family Dynamics
Writing by Olivia Humphrey. Illustration by Josie Berry. The enforcement of lockdown throughout the UK in March of this year saw...
Sep 9, 20203 min read
The Windup Conversationalist
Writing by Dan Percival. Illustration from Unsplash. Five days: one hundred and twenty hours, seven thousand two hundred minutes, four...
Sep 8, 20202 min read
A Positive Test
Writing by Will Rogan, Illustration by Josie Berry In early March, when the world fell apart, it took my year abroad with it. I was...
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Summer Rain
Written by Grace Callaghan I sat, me with you, and watched the hot drops of a hot summer fall. ‘I like watching the rain, do you?’ I’d...
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Repathing the midnight path to freedom
Written by Beth Davison I will stay awake until the faces in the walls start screaming, until the paint bleeds into fractured memories of...
Apr 3, 20201 min read
Extracts From My Diary, Inspired by Yours
Written by Albertine Clarke He sent me extracts from his diary. At the age where I now find myself, He walked through sage plants in the...
Apr 3, 20201 min read
The Heart-Eater
Written by Albertine Clarke Had I known that he was a heart-eater, I would not be lying upon this table Covered in damp towels, to soak...
Mar 15, 20206 min read
Living is Fear
Writing: Rosie Barry Driving home, Michelle was scared. She knew exactly what of- the why’s and the when’s of the moment, but...
Mar 15, 20201 min read
The Trials and Tribulations of Trichotillomania
Writing: Jo Higgs Another spouting sees my skin call out for a territorially defined follicle drought. Just two hairs tamely testifying...
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