by Terri Mullholland || Marion wakes early in the morning, before dawn, to the sound of foxes screaming.
Author: Terri-Jane Dow
Family Tree
by Jenny Rowe || I am my unwavering foundation
We Who Saw The Lightning
by Suzannah Ball || They were gradually gathering on their walk.
The Coming Bad Days by Sarah Bernstein
‘The truth is that sometimes we just want the worst to happen.’ Reminiscent of Thomas Bernhard, Rachel Cusk and Gwendoline Riley, The Coming Bad Days is a penetrating portrait of feminine vulnerability and cruelty. It announces the arrival of a startling new voice in fiction: intelligent, brutal, sure, and devastatingly funny.
Featured Property
by TSJ Harling || No-one was there. Not the estate agent, nor the potential new flatmate Amanda, nor any current occupants.
Rainy City
by Holly Aszkenasy || The spring my marriage came apart it seemed the world had recast itself in exaggeratedly biblical relief.
Fever
by Gerry Stewart || Five hares tracing circles
Rabbit Hole
by Melissa Maney || Ivy awoke to the sound of midnight footsteps outside her window.
A Ghost in the Throat, by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Reviewed by Beth O'Rafferty || Perhaps the most striking thing about Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s A Ghost in the Throat, apart from how uncategorisable it is, is just how effortless it seems.
The Mint Lounge, Manchester, December 2018
by Elizabeth Gibson || My first time properly clubbing