COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Things That Miles Cannot Touch
for Miles Davis, by Erica Masserano The part of himself that looked at the world like a child, because when you are a child, you do not see the world as you do now When you’re little you’re just like a sponge The fence that separates Harry Roberts nursery from Ben Jonson primary school, the… continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
Ships, by Erica Masserano
It’s my first week in London and the learning curve is steep. I am staying at Susi and Fra’s place near Turnpike Lane, in the draughty front room of a Victorian terrace, where I sleep on a fake leather sofa and an Ikea catalogue. I’m only the last in a long line of friends who… continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
Butterfly Effect, by Nicola Peard
The one thing about change is that you rarely see it coming. — Most of the time, it’s already here. First Beat – Sixteen Years Old When I found the first patch – just behind my right ear, concealed by the hair that would be there for a while yet – I… 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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