COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
for Max (Ferdinand) Maxwell, by Zoe Mitchell One The bat is heavy in his hands. Max thumbs his way around it, searching for grip on that well-worn wood. It’s older than his skin, this bat – it’s been softened by other hands, other games played long before he was born. But, for Max, this all… continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
The Garden, by Nacima Khan
I sat upon the green softness My tired legs welcomed the relief of rest You were nestled inside Sleeping and still Here we took a moment Here in the garden We connected And here, I hope we will meet again. Three weeks earlier. November 2018, London Three years after becoming a mother to my… continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
Pothole, by Fran Brown
I remember the day vividly, and of course I would, as my whole life shifted trajectory. I collapsed into freefall, and all I could do was wait until I found the bottom again. I woke up at six forty-five to leave by seven – any later and I would have been an hour late due… continue reading »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
Stories, by Megan Slade
One Daniel “You know, I read today that it’s common for children to have imaginary friends,” were the words my mother echoed to my father when I introduced them to my best friend Daniel; the red dragon from the Ready Brek adverts, which, now that I think of it, was peculiar, as to this day… continue reading »
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