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    Cut Up Fruit
    jwhite3478
    • Jun 1
    • 5 min

    Cut Up Fruit

    Writing by Kaja Kubičková. Illustration by Heather Baillie. When I got sick, I spent all my days lying in bed swaddled in blankets. My...
    Coming soon
    jwhite3478
    • Jun 1
    • 1 min

    Coming soon

    Writing by Kirsten Twigg. Illustration by Emily Donelly. Coming soon, Two words that sing a cruel lullaby to my youth. In them I used to...
    Tea Time, Blue Beast, and Flowers in February
    jwhite3478
    • Mar 3
    • 2 min

    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
    jwhite3478
    • Mar 3
    • 1 min

    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
    jwhite3478
    • Mar 3
    • 1 min

    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
    jwhite3478
    • Mar 3
    • 6 min

    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
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Mar 3
    • 2 min

    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
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Jan 25
    • 5 min

    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
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Jan 25
    • 1 min

    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
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Jan 25
    • 1 min

    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
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 4 min

    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
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 8 min

    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
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    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.
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    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)
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 5 min

    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
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    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'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    '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'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 5 min

    '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'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    '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…
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 3 min

    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'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    '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'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    '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...
    'Misconnection'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    'Misconnection'

    Writing by Emma Lake. Illustration by Polly Burnay.
    'Untitled'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 7 min

    'Untitled'

    Writing by Victoria MacKintosh. Illustration by Polly Burnay. Matthew wanted to be a plant. I have been aching to type these words. Of...
    'Matchstick house'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    'Matchstick house'

    Writing by Magnus McDowall. Illustration by Polly Burnay. Huckleberry drifters In an upturned home Of sodden matchsticks Scurried from...
    'shotta'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    'shotta'

    Writing by Billy Chapman. Illustration from Unsplash. Phone book i’m Frustrated with these names We do not speak All forgotten to the...
    'Images of a room and its exterior'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    'Images of a room and its exterior'

    Writing by Will Staveley. Illustration from Unsplash. I waking up Horizontal in a foetal bed Blanketed as sand-time in snow; Life...
    'It's not Kevin'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 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...
    'Finding a purpose in life becomes ever so important' - recovery as a survivor of domestic abuse
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 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...
    'Reminiscing Our Present'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 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...
    country bumpkin
    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...
    A Solitary Sort of Soreness
    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,...
    Grieving in isolation
    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...
    8 months
    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,...
    Broken Vision
    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...
    The Cost of Transition
    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...
    In Dialogue with Myself
    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,...
    the simple pleasure of looking up at the stars while walking on the pavement
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    the simple pleasure of looking up at the stars while walking on the pavement

    Writing by Paola Valentina. Illustration by Zoë Dutton. i recall only some regrets, and sigh cigarettes knowing these cobblestones guard...
    Whistleblower, Speak
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    Whistleblower, Speak

    Writing by Molly Herbert. Illustration by Beth Morton. Eagle Eyes stares from my bedroom window, curtains winding, transparent in the...
    Revelations of Divine Love
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 8 min

    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...
    Vague attempts at self-care
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
    Borderline
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    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?...
    Outcrop
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Outcrop

    Writing by Harry Clough. Illustration by Josie Berry. Two lovers land on a swan’s nesting place, Oscillating dragons on paper wings And...
    What's the use?
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
    Violins
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Violins

    Writing by Albertine Clarke. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. His grandfather made violins. He says it taught him patience, Craft: the...
    A Half-Eaten Breakfast in Caithness
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
    Holes like a sieve
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
    An Obstacle
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
    20 sth
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
     A Snow Globe World: Lockdown’s Lessons on Family Dynamics
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    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...

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