For a while, before his death, Eric lived with the Stephenson family, who were my nearest neighbours when […]
Category Archive: Stories
Sleeve notes for a mix-tape. In a box in a box in a box; twenty three cassette tapes; […]
“You don’t need me to tell you how to have a wank, do you?” I look at the […]
It’s just a few days until Stuart Maconie headlines The Real Story Live! To get y’all excited, here’s a […]
To whet your appetite for our first reading event, here’s a new essay by Adam Farrer, ‘The Lump’. […]
Photo by Ian Turk via Flickr Short nonfiction from Danielle Peet: — She started as a whisper in […]
This week, short nonfiction from Sarah Handyside. Image courtesy of the author. — Somewhere south a man asked […]
Despite the fact that it is the middle of August, I dig out my winter coat from the […]
Several years ago, I was standing in the market place of the small South Lincolnshire town where I was born and grew up. It was Thursday, market day, though it was no longer possible for a relaxed sociable crowd to meander through the stalls.
I saw a flash. It was the metal of a knife. The biggest blade I’d ever seen in […]