Thaw – A short story by India Roberts
Picture by Irina Iriser Thaw Thaw It’s 1st July and it’s still snowing. It’s been snowing for 7 months now, since 11th December when you broke your arm by slivering over ice. It fractured in three places, they said, but the plates and screws would hold it together....
A Humour-Infused Narrative: A Subtle Technique – by India Roberts
Picture by Andrey Kuzmin A Humour-Infused Narrative: A Subtle Technique One of my most recent reads was a dark one. It was clouded with characters wielding weapons and creatures lurking in the murky waters. At times, though, I found myself laughing. It felt...
Death the Great Adventure – by Janice Dolley
Death the Great Adventure (part 1) by Janice Dolley We are living in a time of great change in which our horizons are expanding in many directions. One of these directions is that our ideas about death are changing as we release the mediaeval ideas of...
Hades Forest – Simon Elson Interview by India Roberts
Cover by Donika Mishineva Simon Elson interview by India Roberts Writing a book is like running a business, says Simon Elson who has recently published his first novel. The author delights the zoom call with enthusiastic smiles, and he speaks confidently....
Turn Right – A short story by India Roberts
Picture by Francesco Ungaro; you can find him on instagram Turn Right Cass didn’t know where he was. Winding, never-ending paths stretched out before him and bark on the crooked trees looked like they were being strangled by the vines wrapping around them. The sky was...
Making the most of your Books: 3 Great Tips for the analysis process – by India Roberts
Picture by Leah Kelly (instagram) leahkelleyphotographywww.leahkelleyphotography.com Making the Most of Your Books 3 Tips for the Analysis Process by India Roberts The academic year is beginning to dwindle and students en mass are preparing themselves for that last...
Another New Day – Poem by Michael Amos
Artemis, painting by Michael Amos Another New Day I’m looking for the big times,When the singing gets good,And the chalice spills over,And I gape sober, my mouth a big black hole. I seek the tendrils of smoke,In meditation, looking for shadows,Looking for ghosts,I...
The Goddesses of Spring – by India Roberts
Picture by Malinda Nagy The Goddesses of Spring by India Roberts The countryside sang to me today. The clouds were fluffy marshmallows and the sun beamed through them onto the hills making the grass glimmer. Lambs were sitting in their fields, serene and...
The Four Seasons – A poem by Patrick Mooney
A Poem by Patrick Mooney The Four Seasons Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter Spring Spring sunshine, anew as the last winter frosts melt away, Morning dew hanging from the barbecue, The vegetable patch untouched, fallen pears from above, Soil running along an unkempt...
Aurora – A short story by Michael Amos
Chione, painting by Michael Amos Aurora The cold invaded my body, spreading from my arms to my legs and finally to the tips of my toes. It was getting so dark I could no longer see in front of me. It might be because of the sun, setting for the first time this...