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Not Quite Light Festival 2019 – The Real Story: Transition

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Following the success of our sold out The Real Story: In the Half-light event at last year’s Not Quite Light […]

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Not Our Cat by Paul Shacksmyth

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I paint the shed a gun metal blue and fix the rotten wooden panels at the base where […]

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Three Flashes Pieces by Dan Melling

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NOSE The first time I remember having a nose, I was young. I probably had one before that […]

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I Never Had a Mother by Ailsa Cox

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My mother never had a mother. That’s what she always says, I never knew what it was to […]

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Review: Memoirs by Tennessee Williams

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The way I most often describe Tennessee Williams’ memoirs to people is in emphasising the feeling that Williams […]

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Heatwave by Robert West

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I was eleven and Chris was twelve. Taking the lead, he squeezed through a gap in the fence […]

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Where to Submit: Autumn 2018

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Although you wouldn’t really guess that from the amazing photo we’ve used here, it’s largely wet and miserable […]

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One Hundred Reasons by Gina Bernard

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I sat behind you in human sexuality class, the curled ridge of your ear exposed. If I had […]

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Night Walks by Ciara McVeigh

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My father drove a taxi for 27 years. From 11am to mid-afternoon, he worked. A break for dinner […]

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Review: Deborah Levy, The Cost of Living

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Somewhere north of forty a woman stops being allowed to be the heroine of any story, even her […]

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