Our current collection of short fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Paperback – now in production
eBook – available soon. Watch this space.
Contents
Herring Gulls by Amy Bacon
Amy Bacon grew up in rural environments in Malawi and the UK. She moved to Bristol in 2017 to work as a freelance tutor and gained an MA Creative Writing with Distinction in 2019. She also holds a BA Hons Literature (First Class) and PGCE in Lifelong Learning. She has previously been published in Stepaway Magazine, Puca Literary Journal, Spelt Magazine and The Madrigal Press. She enjoys taking long walks in the city writing from observation, focusing on the crossovers and connections between humans and nature in the urban environment.
Mollie by Karen Lewis-Barned
Karen Lewis-Barned, having been an English teacher all her life, marking her students’ work, is now writing for herself. She was thoroughly inspired by her Wednesday afternoons at Bristol University exploring how to write memoir. Since then she has written some more and done a few other short writing courses. Stealing from Deborah Levi, she’d like to call her work “Fictional Biography”.
The Child by H.T. Greatorex
H.T. Greatorex mostly writes about misfits and underdogs. When he is not writing he often makes up bedtime stories for his two children. He lives in Bristol.
Poinsettias by Celeste Harvey
Celeste Harvey’s work has appeared in Writing History: An Aspects of History Short Story Collection, plus she was awarded third place in the 2024 Aspects of History Short Story Competition. She is a writer of fi ction and memoir and lives in Bristol.
Speechless by Hilary Smith
Hilary Smith is a retired teacher from Bristol. She now writes and performs short fi ction and creative nonfi ction, often inspired by her time in the classroom but also childhood memories and family anecdotes. Her work has been published in Fictionette, Story Attic, Writetime and Ruler’s Wit and she has performed her stories throughout the South West of England, at literary festivals and on BBC Radio. Her writing is dedicated to her late mum Rita who was a prolific but unpublished author.
You Can’t Leave That Lion There by Dylan Spicer
Dylan Spicer graduated from Brighton Film School and went on to complete an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Amongst various projects, he has created an audio drama about a hidden tale in Homer’s Odyssey, and mixed media project about the goddess Sulis Minerva. He is currently working on The Butter Mouse, a flash fiction blog that mixes writing, video, photos, cocktail recipes and more to tell an ongoing story. Follow him on Bluesky: @thebuttermouse.bsky.social and Instagram: @thebuttermouse
Open Mic by Richard Owen Collins
Richard Owen Collins lives in Bristol with his wife and two cats. He teaches Sports Journalism and edits Tellers magazine. He’s obsessed with writing about entertainment, performativity, addiction, education, travel, and art’s place in the modern world. All he wants is to leave the shore of his own mind through a story.
Bitter Sanctuary by Simon Clarke
Blue by Rachel Bentham
Rachel Bentham has written drama, docudrama and short stories for broadcast on BBC Radio 4, won prizes for her poetry and scripts, and has collections published by Firewater Press. She enjoys teaching at the Universities of Bristol and Oxford, and is very happy with a pair of good secateurs in her hand.
The Cleaner by JM Monaco
JM Monaco grew up in Boston, USA and has lived in Bristol since 1996. She has worked in a variety of areas including desk-top publishing and has taught in secondary schools and higher education. Her PhD from the University of Bristol examined quality television and its internet fandom. She has published two novels: Collision (2024) and How We Remember (2018).
An American Poet in Exile by Peter Cowlam
Peter Cowlam is a poet, playwright and novelist. HIs most recent novel, That Was Hugo Blythe MP, was published earlier this year by AN Editions. His most recent collection of poems, Ghosts in the Machine, is a parallel text – his poems in English published alongside their translations into Italian. That was published by CentreHouse Press.
Sunny with a Moderate Breeze by Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang’s short fiction has appeared in various collections and anthologies. The latest is Year of the Tarot – Wands from Eerie River Publishing. Stephen lives in Bristol with his family.
Unrequited Love by Tony Domaille
Tony Domaille writes primarily for the stage with the majority of his work published by Lazy Bee Scripts. He was the winner of the Derek Jacobi Award for New Playwriting 2023 has won the UK Community Drama Festivals Federation award for Best Original Script in 2022, 2023 & 2025. As well as writing for the stage he has had many stories published in magazines and anthologies. You can follow him on Facebook: tonydomaillewriting
Mark of Approval by Angela Nansera
Angela Nansera is a London born, female Afro-British novelist and published short story writer. Her inspiration to write contemporary commercial fiction comes from an innate passion to use storytelling to unravel the complexities of human attachments.
The Medusa Effect by Suki Broad
Raised in New Zealand, Suki Broad is currently living in Bristol and working as a peer-review editor while sneakily writing fiction under her desk. She’s previously had her work published in Divinations Magazine and Bandit Fiction and is working on a full-length novel.
The Added Bonus of an Off Switch by Claire Jaggard
Claire Jaggard is rebelling from a career in journalism, and writes fiction for the sheer joy of being able to make stuff up. Her short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines, broadcast on local radio and performed at spoken word events. She’s currently researching ways to commit murder for her first full length novel – a murder mystery based where she lives in South Gloucestershire.
Night Train by Jon D
Jon D is a recovering academic developing a third career as a writer. His poems are frequently provoked by the shock of finding himself in possession of a bus pass and lurch between unexpected intimacy and utopian activism. He reads regularly on the Bristol open mike scene and has had poems published in Flight of the Dragonfly. He also writes short stories.