Ways In Which Your Body Stopped You From Living Your Dreams

You wanted to be a prima ballerina but childhood malnourishment & dire poverty made your bones too weak, your tiny…

First Cut: Interview with Gabriel Hart

The 12th book in the First Cut Poetry series, Hymns from the Whipping Post by the multi-talented Gabriel Hart, was…

Burnt Teaspoons

“Oi. What colour are my eyes?” Until that moment, I had deliberately avoided looking into his eyes. Eye contact is…

Sink

He says he never brings girls back to his place because he’s embarrassed about his flat. I tell him that…

Liberteens

“Located in a peaceful and secluded part of Southgate, Priory Hospital North London is set within a striking Grade I…

Savage

The night before you were killed, I was drinking at the pub where you were tending the bar. After the…

Fight Night

Claret on cotton and hearts on sleeves; words that hurt and eyes that bleed. After too much truth serum, I…

Meant To

Apparently, you’re not supposed to smile when a cat scratches you. That’s what he told me when he realised that I…

Mercy

Standing on the cliff edge two steps away from certain death I hurled the contents of the velvet box into…

First Cut: Interview with Dan Sherven

The celebrate the release of the 11th book in the First Cut Poetry series, Live to the Point of Tears…