Just another Lost Weekend

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 by Joseph Ridgwell

There was this monthly lit reading gig in central London. Although advertised as cutting edge, new writing, etc, it wasn’t. It was the usual mainstream crap. Perversely I sent them some of my more subversive shit, and not surprisingly the stories all came back rejected.
    We are living in a time when the majority of […]

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Nuts

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 by Mikael Covey

Two squirrels sitting in a tree. Ebu says to Otis “hey Otis, you got your nuts stored up for wintertime?”
“Fuck it man!” says Otis “is that all anybody can talk about around here…you got your fucking nuts stored up for winter? Isn’t there anything else to talk about.”
“Hmm…like what?”
“Well…like philosophy or poetry or art, or […]

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BEETROOT

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 by Melissa Mann

The Range Rover bucks towards the junction sloshing hot coffee down the driver’s towelling dressing gown.  Marlene licks her sleeve, dribbling more coffee from the mug in her hand.  The car brakes abruptly and she looks down to see her other hand moving the gear lever.  The hand is dry and rough, chipped red nail […]

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