Revealing the magician’s method

or be called sadistic

ALMOST ALL STORIES ARE SET SOMEWHERE, a fictive world the reader is invited to immerse themselves in.

A brief history of LSD in an epistolary: https://tomvowler.substack.com/p/lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds?r=2o6tz0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

A Glimpse at the Butcher’s Trade

I’m often asked the value in studying for a masters degree in creative writing.

Shifting Literary Forms

or how to get your writing off of life support

Stop emoting!

A man walks into a bar with an Erection Taser™ his girlfriend has made him wear. A grieving mother clings to the memory of her son’s imaginary friend. A Foley artist recreates the soundtrack of his sp...

Letter from Dr Albert Hofmann to Ernst Jünger Bottmingen, Switzerland – 16th September 1943   My dear Herr Jünger, I recently read your novel Heliopolis and as ever your writing goes be…

Hussam Abu Safiya faces ‘tangible danger to his life’ following 18 months in prison without charge or trial * Middle East crisis live – latest updates One of Gaza’s most prominent doctors is almost unrecognisable because of severe injuries inflicted in Israeli detention, his lawyer said, and faces “tangible danger to his life” after being held for 18 months without charge or trial. Hussam Abu Safiya met his lawyer on 2 July, after a transfer to Israel’s notorious underground Rakefet prison in late June. He had difficulty breathing and speaking continuously, was so weak he struggled to sit upright, and repeatedly seemed on the verge of losing consciousness, said his lawyer, Nasser Odeh. Continue reading...

I shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story prize once, a piece that likely took the best part of a year to assemble (yes, some take this long), endless drafts and revision, finessing to the point ...

The stories we tell – be they fiction, journalistic non-fiction, memoir, or a hybrid form – all take place somewhere. A work may not be about a place, but a work is brought to life when the reader has...

Tom Vowler is an award-winning author and editor living in the UK. An Arvon tutor with a PhD in creative writing, his work has featured on BBC radio and been translated into multiple languages. Hi…

Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid

Q: What is it like to be a Palestinian writer at this time? A: Once, I had no name. I rose each day as if it were the first morning on earth. I moved sturdy and permeable, translucent with a wonder…

The structure of the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is a model that will be duplicated across Indigenous urban centers in Palestine. In navigating my own grief, I reexamine how Gaza ...

Independent publishing imprint and production company Cheerio Publishing has announced the upcoming publication of 22 Fictions: New Writing from Desperate Literature and Brick Lane Bookshop.

by Graham Mort Kelly. Her very first day at work, leaning against the coffee machine in a cream coloured suit, her hair in a chignon (I had to look that up), her fingers wrapped around the coffee c…

ALT: a woman in a military uniform is holding a small dog and the words welcome to london are below her

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