It was once written that the advent of the railways gave life to the long-forgotten medieval tales of dragons in the countryside. What but for the steam engine—chuffing and puffing its way through the steel arteries of land hitherto untraversed by machine, its fine paintwork glistening in the sun of a golden, modern age—could cause such distress? To stand by the platform of a Victorian … Continue reading Silver Beeches
My route into the publishing industry was not conventional. In fact, what sparked my interest in the first place was something that has only gained traction online in the last decade or so—fanfiction. I started using Wattpad when I was 15 years old, hungry for those juicy, fictional scenes taken directly from a teenage girl’s mind and splashed onto the site without a second thought. … Continue reading What I Learned from the World of Fanfiction
Content warning: Domestic violence ‘We need a dead woman to begin. To begin (writing, living) we must have death. I like the dead, they are the doorkeepers who while closing one side ‘give’ way to the other. We must have death, but young, present, ferocious, fresh death, the death of the day, today’s death.’ Hélène Cixous (1993) Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing, Columbia … Continue reading We Need a Dead Woman to Begin
Content warning: This story mentions suicide. It’s the distance of a car ride, but I like to walk. The sweating, the panting, and the pain in my heel is worth it when I reach you. I feel like I’ve done something for you: buttered your toast in the morning, washed your clothes, watered your avocado plant. *** ‘We were never meant to be, but here … Continue reading Loving You
Was a real trip to get your letter, love. Been thinking about you every day since I got here. I was hoping you’d write but then I was hoping you wouldn’t ‘cos I didn’t know if I could find the words to write back if you did. Now the words are tumbling out so fast I don’t know if I’ve got enough paper to catch … Continue reading Confessions from the inside
Written by Aaron Purton. Continue reading “Into Darkness”
Written by Bonnie Loft.
Written by Aaron Purton.
Written by Courtney Mahon.
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