COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Bathroom Window
by Suzanne Wilson – an autobiographical piece “Do you hear that?” “Yeah, what…?” I squinted with both my ears and eyes, “Hold on. What time is it?” “Eight o’clock.” My partner then understood, “God, they’re doing that clapping thing, aren’t they?” It was Thursday evening, and we had been watching something I can’t remember on… continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
Me, Honestly, by Zachary Ekpe
I am early productive mornings, but I am also the longest, laziest lie in. I am two pairs of socks in all seasons except summer – I do not trust the cold. I am a black tea, no sugar; however I am not a sugarless coffee just yet. I am the red and black fruit… continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
A Miner for a Heart of Gold, by Jack Pascoe
Meat City I didn’t think I’d ever been stared at more in my life. As I boarded the flight from Dubai to Beijing, the whole plane, consisting mainly of Chinese people, turned to me like I was a tourist attraction. I don’t mind it when somebody looks at me, but rows upon rows of eyes… continue reading »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
The Arc of Joan, for Joan Barham
From the life of Joan Barham By Suzie Champion — It has been said that when our environment changes, when the familiar buildings and the outline disappear, and people move or are moved away, our memories, those unique histories, gradually diminish along with those reminders and nowhere is that eradication truer than in the East… continue reading »
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