Abide With Me by Ian Ayris – Review & Interview by Jason Michel

Let me cut straight to the chase.

I am not, nor ever have been a fan of the “beautiful game”. I was never born into a football family. My old man’s thing was religion not sport. So, Continue reading Abide With Me by Ian Ayris – Review & Interview by Jason Michel

I Didn’t Say That, Did I?: Gangsters by Paul Brazill

The seventies was a time when music and film were doing some pretty groundbreaking and experimental stuff and, in the UK at least, so was TV.

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Heroes by B.R. Stateham

Heroes.

We all need them. In a world filled with bad guys, bad times, and bad memories, heroes are the one set of safety pins that keep us all from going irretrievably insane.

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Highway 1: road of dreams, blood alley, devil’s slide – by Cecelia Chapman

(a little background……Soon a tunnel will bypass the cliffs’ edge known as Devil’s Slide, the most treacherous section of the iconic coast road. If falling cliffs don’t hit you, Continue reading Highway 1: road of dreams, blood alley, devil’s slide – by Cecelia Chapman

Kamigoe by Paul McQuade

Kamikado

by Yukio Sakaguchi

translated by Alexander Ewing

Preface

The following is a translation of an article by missing journalist Yukio Sakaguchi, who set off on holiday with his twin daughters four years ago and has not been seen since. It Continue reading Kamigoe by Paul McQuade

Love Letter To David Lynch by Christopher Grant

The cigarette burns down to the knuckles on his right hand. He holds it between the ring and middle fingers. The pointer is fucking gone. Just fucking gone. All the way up to Continue reading Love Letter To David Lynch by Christopher Grant

“Do You Need a Lift?” by Michael Keenaghan

The best time is when the clubs kick out. Charge what you like. You might get people telling you to shove it, but five minutes later they’re back because the other drivers are Continue reading “Do You Need a Lift?” by Michael Keenaghan

Invisible No’s by Meghan Coleman

If you always say yes, then nothing is absolute.

She was sure she’d get away once she boarded the plane, but she never says no: growing more invisible with each concession, less complete with every false surrender…

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Unchained by Richard Godwin

The links sparkled on her bracelet as she set the ruby in her navel.

Always wear the ruby in the navel, she used to say.

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Crimson Dalliance by Clara Brown

The hooked carcass swayed in my kitchen door frame as I tore at each tendon with my antique J. Russell butcher knife. Blood gushed to the floor and pooled like glass Continue reading Crimson Dalliance by Clara Brown