Rattlecap Writers Feb 26 2 min 'It's not Kevin' Writing by Lara Slyce. Illustration by Polly Burnay. The morning after the accident I’m sitting in my windowsill. Cross legged, robed in...
Rattlecap Writers Feb 26 2 min 'Finding a purpose in life becomes ever so important' - recovery as a survivor of domestic abuse 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...
Rattlecap Writers Feb 26 1 min 'Reminiscing Our Present' Writing by Claire Shankie. Illustration by Polly Burnay. How must we recover from this? This hatred, this apathy. Where is humanity? This...
Rattlecap Writers Dec 18, 2020 6 min country bumpkin Writing by Levi Mitchell. Illustration by Caitlin Osfield. The Cairngorm scenery makes me ache. It’s so stunningly still, filled with...
Rattlecap Writers Dec 18, 2020 4 min A Solitary Sort of Soreness 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,...
Rattlecap Writers Dec 18, 2020 2 min Grieving in isolation Writing by Annabel Wilde. Illustration by Abigail Featherstone. Why does grief feel worse right now? I was never prepared to experience...
Rattlecap Writers Dec 18, 2020 2 min 8 months Writing by Hannah Rothmann. Illustration by Isi Williams. I left Edinburgh as spring was slowly seeping into the bones of the city,...
Rattlecap Writers Dec 18, 2020 1 min Broken Vision Writing by Harry Clough. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. ‘I’m sorry, what’s your name?’ Hunched like a hedgerow oak she sits In a...
Rattlecap Writers Nov 1, 2020 3 min The Cost of Transition Writing by Justine White. Illustration by Justine White. Content Warning: suicide, gender dysphoria Distraught, I sit against my radiator...
Rattlecap Writers Nov 1, 2020 2 min In Dialogue with Myself Writing by Anonymous. Illustration by Paola Valentina. Content Warning: explicit descriptions of sexual assault, rape, the aftermath,...