About The Junket
The Junket is an online quarterly featuring essays, short fiction and poetry. Founded in 2011, it exists as an excuse for writing: to justify the graft of its making, and indulge the mischief it continues to make.
From the Archive
Alex Niven
Two Ballads, North
Ruined Mills of Leek We drove by the ruined mills of Leek In the dead time of the year When the land had become like a faded song We could no longer hear. Down where the mouldering sandst… Read article
Dan Stevens
Beyond the Scanners
Over a low growl his voice continued. ‘Yeah, no, this place is great,’ he waved, as if he had chosen the decor himself. The bar went about its usual business ignoring him. ‘Nobody comes up and … Read article
Damian Le Bas
Stopping Places
Messenger’s Meadow. Butler’s Down. Fuzzy Lodge. Shripney Corner. Picket Twenty. Shalden Green. I’ve tried Googling these places, but it’s usually pointless. Each one is a ‘… Read article
Arthur House
Rush Hour, Nairobi
Nairobi is often described as the hub of East Africa, but if there’s a wheel attached to it, there’s no way it can be revolving. Not at the moment, at least. I am sitting in three lanes of traf… Read article
Natalia Calvocoressi
61 Days
61 Days documents the time I spent last year living in an apartment in Little Italy with my friend Jessie as she created a new life for herself in New York. … Read article
From the Current Issue
Katharine Markwick
The Road Ahead
Katrin! You so slow! Look – everyone behind you is piss off! I look in the mirror. A queue of traffic is building up behind me as I head south on the A202. I’m being cautious. No Katrin, … Read article
James Draney
On the 343
In 2012, the number 343 bus caught fire outside my bedroom window in southeast London. Caught fire might be misleading. Rather, it exploded, rattling my windows, waking me up, and drawing most of the … Read article
Felicity Cloake
Turnspit Tykes
I know every dog owner thinks theirs is special – but my cairn terrier really is. So monstrously wilful is this outrageous beast, so magnificently unconcerned with pleasing anyone but his fat furry … Read article
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