There was a time when faeries stayed away from humans, and that was, in every human’s memory, the best of times. Faeries only obscured contracts with clever words or spirited away human babies to leave faerie children in their place. … Continue reading Dark and Lawful Vengeance Flash Fiction by Maxine Boudway
Originally published in print in October 2023. Listen. Listen very closely… Can you hear it? No? I can. I’ve heard it since I was twenty-nine years old. That marvellous echo from an endless chamber of nothing. Little men tossing their … Continue reading The Well Flash fiction by Luke Reid
Originally published in print in October 2023. He said the rain suited me My hair lay flat sticking to a dampened face His words warped my own reality of myself I could imagine the beautiful girl in the rain A … Continue reading Caught in the rain Poem by Eve Delaney
Long ago the fears of humanity were all-encompassing, one was perpetually terrified of what they did not understand. On a global scale, this created such an overwhelming atmosphere of terror that creatures like me thrived. And while that which is … Continue reading Cosmic Horrors beyond Human Comprehension Flash Fiction by Fleur Griffin
Originally published in print in October 2023. Thou shall not fly Over blue seas, Troubled waters. Adhnúall is faithful to Fionn, As nature forgives And time forgets. The river is silenced By … Continue reading At War Poem by Ellen O’Brien
Criminal Expectation Her very soul bled from indifference. It dripped, over-saturated with expectation And pooled around her, Creeping ever closer to suffocation. Everyone’s heard the tales of the tired children by now. Books spill examples out And parents complain loudly … Continue reading Criminal Expectations & Dust Covers Poetry by Eve Delaney
A darkness takes him over And I don’t quite understand How two different people can live and breathe inside one single man. He resides in every corner, Nook and alcove of my mind Dimmed light I was accustomed to, … Continue reading In his eyes Poetry by Ava Haskins
The Sun Waits For Me WORDS: Eve Delaney There are nights when my soul is filled with poetry, And words flow from me into the infinite darkness Only the moon and the stars hear my sorrow and pain … Continue reading The Sun Waits for Me A poem by Eve Delaney
I make sure to get every inch of my arms and legs as I rub my oat and lavender-scented body lotion all over. My elbows feel like sandpaper, so I add more. I take my favourite t-shirt out from the … Continue reading Liquid Smooth A Short Story By Margot Guilhot Delsoldato
Surprise Visit My frame bares a terrible guest His knuckles are crusted and he cannot speak with his whole chest A fullness frosts my company’s canon Happiest in savagery- he cocks His tired fingers like a handgun But … Continue reading Poetry by Kate Ryan
A Cow Farm in Texas There’s a cow farm in Texas, And it just exploded. The cows are dead now— Ash in their urns of hay. They said that they’re dead, That they’ll be “destroyed”. The cows are … Continue reading Poetry by Luke Reid