Issue Eight
Contents
Lulah Ellender
Reading Between the Lines
My latest list is a to-do list. I used bullet points (to add a special air of organisation) and ranked each item in order of importance (ditto). It is a short list and I have done none of the things o… Read article
Graham Riach
Rust and Crystal
In moments of becoming and subsidence, as flowers come to bud, iron rusts, or a stone by a well wears smooth from the hands that rest there, they sing of their being, here and now. This coming and goi… Read article
Peter Scott
Graven Names
Glasgow It’s the height of it, I think, that’s so remarkable. A city on a hill, Glasgow Necropolis, where the dead overlook the living. I cross the bridge from the cathedral, covered up while wo… Read article
Dan Stevens
Seabirth
Turning left on Driftwood, he saw the sea and then he saw the trail. It wasn't quite a bloody trail of violence, the kind you see after a bar brawl when a battered nose spots a shameful line to the vi… Read article
Thomas Marks
On Sandwiches
A neat, snug study on a winter's night, A book, friend, single lady, or a glass Of claret, sandwich, and an appetite, Are things which make an English evening pass … Read article
Henry Krempels
Over the Wires
The corridor that leads to the old incinerator is cold and the floor holds a thin film of water. There is a pile of scrap metal — including several dismantled children’s bikes — in the centre of… Read article
Arthur House
In the Park
In Moscow again, treading the sweating asphalt in the unforgiving sun. Rivers of cars flow round the Kremlin, girdling the walls in a cloud of exhaust fumes which seeps into the underpasses. This is n… Read article
Anna Fewster
Letterpress
Letterpress printing is an immersive process. Days pass in inky smudges of concentrated work. ‘I see that real printing will devour one’s entire life’, wrote Virginia Woolf while experimenting w… Read article
Damian Le Bas
Three Poems
The Prison Prayers of Manasseh Manasseh, vagrant, second sonOf Charles and Freedom LeeKneels on the lightless flinten floorOf Kingston jail, Surrey: ‘Who was Grai? My poor dad’s motor. Who … Read article
Susanna Hislop
The Quarry
The light moved greyly over the sand. They hadn’t set out until after three, frustrated once again in their battle with the day. It is difficult being on holiday though, everyone knows that. The wre… Read article
Editor’s Note
List of Contributors
Lulah Ellender
Lulah Ellender is a writer and editor, and is currently writing a book about lists. She lives in Lewes. @tallulahloorah
Anna Fewster
Anna Fewster is a letterpress printer and book artist. http://www.annafewster.co.uk/
Susanna Hislop
Susanna Hislop is an actor, writer and theatre maker living in London. @SusannaHislop
Arthur House
Arthur House is a writer based in London. @arthur_house
Henry Krempels
Henry Krempels is a freelance writer, occasional actor, and contributing journalist for The Guardian, Newsweek, the New York Observer, MSN, and others. http://www.henrykrempels.com/ @henrykrempels
Damian Le Bas
Damian Le Bas is a writer from Sussex. A native Romany speaker, he is currently writing a book about Britain's Gypsies. @damianlebas
Thomas Marks
Thomas Marks is a writer, editor, and recovering academic. @Tomwmarks
Graham Riach
Graham Riach studied at the University of Glasgow before starting a Ph.D at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 2011 on the contemporary South African short story. He works as a translator of French and Japanese, and composes music for films. @GrahamRiach
Peter Scott
Peter Scott is a magazine publisher who lives in London. @PeteJRScott
Dan Stevens
Dan Stevens is an actor and writer living in New York. He was one of the judges of the Man Booker prize 2012. @thatdanstevens