The Boy Who Went at 137 mph by Alice Langley

When Aaron Fletcher became the boy that got to 137 mph on the M76, everyone heard about it, including the police. The way Aaron tells it, they couldn’t catch him, even blue-lighting all the way to the edge of the slate-grey sea.  I was amazed that Aaron’s 1997 Skoda...

Common Sense of the People by Katie Harrison

Swiped   I met Paul the old-fashioned way. It’s unimaginable to think we used our fingers. Left, right, left, right, left, right. Right? We were in phase four of the Government’s plan. Or was it five? First, they stopped public gatherings. Then the schools...

Third Eye by Nadica Trajkova

Above the quaint and quiet apartment building located in the middle of an unnamed city floats a giant eye. It is hideous, large, swollen, and bloodshot, capillaries twirling and twisting like snakes throughout the entire eyeball. The optic nerve which connected it to...

The Ice Queen by Ellie Anthony

The chimes were ringing again. RING-RING. RING-RING-RING. And on and on. They did that when the wind wouldn’t let anyone get a single word in edgewise. It had to howl all night. It had to be right. THUNK. Slim branches rattled the small cottage. Despite their size,...

Morana by Maruška Slavec

It felt like a day that would not pass like all the others.  Goosebumps had been appearing on her twiggy arms since morning when frost still clung to dead grass and naked trees. It was still misty outside when the little girl with the name of a goddess yanked on her...

Mrs Selkie by Emma Wells

Seductive sealskin is my coat. Adorned with a zipper, adding a modern-day edge for ease of putting on and removal. I slip in and out of worlds, both human and mythical, praying that one day my sealskin knots to my backbone, binding as book spines to published pages. I...

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