by Euan | Apr 2, 2023 | issue-21
Ian Critchley Upper Kutz Christmas Eve at Upper Kutz and we’ve got the tree in the window with all the lights and baubles. There’s tinsel around the mirrors and a mix of Christmas tunes on shuffle. We’ve already heard Wham! three times. The punters have been coming in...
by Euan | Mar 25, 2023 | issue-21
Beth Cochrane Breadcrumbs She said it was a great night. Just a bit different, you know?’ Gary repeats what his water-cooler-colleague had told him. She had also reported that her husband hated it and wouldn’t talk about it afterwards, but his father had died recently...
by Euan | Mar 18, 2023 | issue-21
Joseph Hardy Receiving Wisdom I predict, when you’re in second grade,a wise third-grader will share that it’s true: “If you step on a crack,you’ll break your mother’s back.” She’ll tell you lurid stories about real people,two different families known by her cousinin...
by Euan | Mar 10, 2023 | issue-21
Lucy Peters Don’t go, Jason Waterfalls Since the break-up I hadn’t started spending any more time with my friends, or my parents, or going on dates; instead I got up early on Saturday mornings and went across town to the British Library to drink rocket-fuel coffee and...
by Euan | Mar 4, 2023 | issue-21
Adam Welch It is what it is, it wants what it wants It’s just a muscle, isn’t it though, says Caz. It serves a very prosaic function, he says. He is leaning in towards the girl. His chair is tipped forwards. His body is balanced on his sharp, scabbed elbows, which are...
