Swansong
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From ‘A Pill of Light’, a sequence in memory of Sister Dora, a nurse who lived and worked in industrial Walsall, West Midlands from 1865 to 1878
Laura Stanley is a poet from the West Midlands. She completed her Creative Writing MA at the University of Birmingham. Her heresy has been published in bath magg, Magma, The Interpreter’s House, Blackbox Manifold, Anthropocene and by the Young Poets Network, amongst other platforms.
No protocols can save me now
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Deborah Harvey is co-director of The Leaping Word poetry consultancy, providing advice and counselling support for writers exploring the personal in their work. Her sixth poetry collection, Love the Albatross, will be published by Indigo Dreams in autumn 2024.
Sympathy for Jack
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Mark Czanik was born in the sweet borderlands of Herefordshire. His most recent work has appeared, or is due to appear, in Ink Sweat and Tears, Pennine Platform, CommonLit, The Forge, The Waxed Lemon, and Dreamcatcher. He lives in Bath.
The Cyber Man
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Will Snelling is a writer and musician from Hastings. His work has featured in Ink Sweat and Tears and New Critique.
Crime de Passion
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Benedicta’s poetry explores themes relating to identity, self-worth, family, nationality and body politics. After her MA in Creative Writing, she became a freelance editor. Her debut, Terrible Mother, is forthcoming in late 2024 with Black Cat Poetry Press.
On writing Witch
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Jenny Hope is a writer, poet and presenter living in wildish Worcestershire. Her website is www.jennyhope.co.uk
Return to Jack’s Rake
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Julian Dobson’s work has been published in print and online journals and anthologies, most recently in Stand, Acumen and London Grip. He lives in Sheffield.
Transfiguration
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Anita Howard is a writer, storyteller and actor living in Passage West, Co. Cork, Ireland. Her work features in many publications including HeadStuff, Poetica Review, the Querencia Press Autumn 22 Anthology, the December 2022 Mslexia Moth, Literature Today, and the Boundless 2023 Anthology of the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival. She is on Twitter as @AnitaHowardSto1.
We All Block Each Other in Tesco
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Nina Parmenter is a poet and working mum from Wiltshire. Her first collection, ‘Split, Twist, Apocalypse’ was published by Indigo Dreams in 2022. Nina’s work has been published in Magma, Raceme, Honest Ulsterman, Obsessed with Pipework and Ink Sweat and Tears.
Meditation at West Kennet Long Barrow
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Alison Jones’ work has been widely published in journals such Poetry Ireland Review, Proletarian Poetry, The Interpreter’s House, The Green Parent Magazine and The Guardian. Her pamphlets, Heartwood (2018) and Omega (2020) were published by Indigo Dreams. She is working on a full collection.
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