Harshal, whose piece ‘Pollination’ is published in the second issue of Lucent Dreaming, is an artist, writer, and photographer, charting identities through various art forms and taking on societal norms armed with nothing more than his cheeky wit and undeniable charm. He is the founding editor and art editor of Parentheses Journal. What inspired your piece, ‘Pollination’ and how
Sneha Subramanian Kanta, whose poem ‘Stop Grieving’ is published in the second issue of Lucent Dreaming, is the founding editor of Parentheses Journal and the winner of the Uncommon Chapbook Series from Boston Accent Lit. She is the author of Synecdoche (The Poetry Annals, England) and Prosopopoeia (Ghost City Press, USA). What inspired your piece, ‘Stop Grieving’ and how did it find
Silvestre Paradox and his Trial through Eriel Rehabilitation and La Paraja Torment Council by Adrian Encomienda He belonged to the House of La Pajara. It was where he found himself whenever the heroin dropped him from the sky. It was a chamber of sorts. Fences entrapped him from all angles until he was pressed up against the chain-links. He would
Tessa Byars, whose short story ‘Save the Heart for Last’ was published in the second issue of Lucent Dreaming, graduated from Sheffield University in the seventies, had a family, got lost in teaching English and Drama both in the UK and abroad for twenty years, and managed to find lots of excuses along the way for never properly getting down
Dreng by Jack Tyrrell ALEX SLOWLY OPENED his eyes. He could feel soft, cool air cresting his cheeks as he soared through the sky, dipping and weaving between the cloud vapour as it refracted the warm sun in a vitreous spectrum of every colour he knew, each one more electric and beautiful than he had ever seen before. He gazed
Saving Wonder by Joanne Walton “What day is it for you?” Fate looked up from her spreadsheet and frowned, more out of habit than actual annoyance. She’d grown used to Chance making this kind of entrance to her office whenever he had something to tell her, or to have told her, or to be telling her, but that didn’t mean
Adrian Encomienda, whose short story ‘Silvestre Paradox’ is published in the second issue of Lucent Dreaming, was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1995. His work is inspired by writers such as Franz Kafka and John Bunyan. He began writing for a local Arizona newspaper in 2015. In 2017, his first short story, “Cicatrin…Quien Te Trajo Aqui…Cicatrin”, was published by Dark
Save the Heart for Last by Tessa Byars Marina flicked the switch and the shutters rolled up, an unforgiving tide of Aegean sunlight slowly flooding the bedroom. “C’mon, time to get up. I’ve made you some coffee.” Yannis, or whatever his name was, gave a groan and pushed back the sheet, shielding his eyes and grinning sleepily. “Getting up sounds
Tomorrow’s Possibilities by Peter Burton George once remarked to a friend: writers cannot create, they can only plagiarise. He was prone to attempting untenable profundities like this, but now, with the morning post in his hand, he had the strange and unfortunate proof that he was right. This proof came in the form of a rejection letter. Any negative replies
James Thornton, whose poem ‘Library’ is published in the second issue of Lucent Dreaming, is a poet, writer, ecolawyer and Zen priest. His first collection of poems, The Feynman Challenge, appeared in 2017. He has been writing poems since he was about 14. Born in New York, he is a citizen of Ireland as well as the USA. James is
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