Writing by Ece Kucuk. Illustration by Polly Burnay. There comes a point in time when you’ve reached a clearing in your road to recovery...

Writing by Claire Shankie. Illustration by Polly Burnay. How must we recover from this? This hatred, this apathy. Where is humanity? This...

Writing by Levi Mitchell. Illustration by Caitlin Osfield. The Cairngorm scenery makes me ache. It’s so stunningly still, filled with...

Writing by Ali Gavin. Illustration by Sarah Dobbs. There is a point at which words turn to muscle memory. A point at which the tongue,...

Writing by Annabel Wilde. Illustration by Abigail Featherstone. Why does grief feel worse right now? I was never prepared to experience...

Writing by Hannah Rothmann. Illustration by Isi Williams. I left Edinburgh as spring was slowly seeping into the bones of the city,...

Writing by Harry Clough. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. ‘I’m sorry, what’s your name?’ Hunched like a hedgerow oak she sits In a...

Writing by Justine White. Illustration by Justine White. Content Warning: suicide, gender dysphoria Distraught, I sit against my radiator...

Writing by Anonymous. Illustration by Paola Valentina. Content Warning: explicit descriptions of sexual assault, rape, the aftermath,...

Writing by Paola Valentina. Illustration by Zoë Dutton. i recall only some regrets, and sigh cigarettes knowing these cobblestones guard...

Writing by Molly Herbert. Illustration by Beth Morton. Eagle Eyes stares from my bedroom window, curtains winding, transparent in the...

Writing by Jessica Cave. Below are found expects from a diary of Julian after and during her sickness. She titled her life in Chapters...

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...

Writing by Claire Shankie. Illustration by Claire Shankie. Where should I go? Where should I stay? Do I belong? I’ll leave anyway. Start?...

Writing by Harry Clough. Illustration by Josie Berry. Two lovers land on a swan’s nesting place, Oscillating dragons on paper wings And...

Writing by Magnus McDowall. Illustration by Polly Burnay. What’s the use? Of a stroll through pock-marked streets, Where each door is...

Writing by Albertine Clarke. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. His grandfather made violins. He says it taught him patience, Craft: the...

Writing by Molly MacLean. Illustration by Celeste John-Wood. The sudden flush of dawn had stirred something vile. Collapsed upon the bed...

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...

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...