Dérive No 1 – Written by Stephen Shaw

The concert finished. The audience applauded. Not bad for a free concert by students so early in the academic year. Up out of the seat and leave the concert hall before most of the elderly audience has managed to struggle into their coats. Through the cafeteria thronged with young people noisily chatting, eating, guarding their [...]

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Waiting on the Pier – Written by Laura Maley

I count the change out into the boy’s hand. He must only be five or six and his pockets are bulging with change. I bet he’s been saving up for weeks; swapping a 20 pence piece with his dad for a tower of bright pennies, just to make sure he has a morning’s worth of [...]

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Cupid and the String – Written by Tom Mason

Hunched in the corner of the room, his bony ribs scrape against his legs; sticks which fold awkwardly into grooves across his chest. He is a thin man. His grey skin stretches taunt across his bones, too small for his delicate frame. Straining at the corners. But for the frenzied darting of his jaundice pupils, [...]

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Last Loves First – Written by Dom Conlon

We lasted a day, you and I, in the bright autumnal sunshine. We lasted a day and never spoke but listened instead to the dusty shuffle of feet. Around us, the curtains hung like shrouds, shredding the light and laying shadows upon your face. We lasted a day before you faded away. It wasn’t love [...]

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The Hour – Written by Stella Turner

Next March I’m not giving the hour back without a fight. My body clock does not appreciate this hourly tweek every six months. We gain an hour then we lose an hour then we gain it back…its like yo- yo dieting except its our body clock thats gaining or losing. It will take me at [...]

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