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Birdie, Birdie by Janet Innes (Lucent Dreaming Issue 7)
“Luring them is easy.” … Read More Birdie, Birdie by Janet Innes (Lucent Dreaming Issue 7)
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The Sweet Life by Tom Morgan (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
I’m admitted to the ward on a Thursday. I know it’s a Thursday because during the interview to assess my mental state I was asked twice if I knew what day it was. I answered incorrectly both times, just to secure my admission. I’d visited my GP at noon and by six pm I was… Read More The Sweet Life by Tom Morgan (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
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King and Queen We Are by Belinda Farn (Lucent Dreaming Issue 7)
“We are already in our happily ever after”… Read More King and Queen We Are by Belinda Farn (Lucent Dreaming Issue 7)
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Silver Birch by David Hartley (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
“Take a seat.” It takes no speaking to see the doctor now. Just book online, then check-in on the touchscreen, then wait for your name, then open the door, then sit on the chair that is lower than his. She flutters down to it. He hasn’t looked at her yet. He’s looking at her record… Read More Silver Birch by David Hartley (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
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Stub by Ian Critchley (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
My previous owner wrote beautiful sentences and made me glide over the paper with such ease it was pure pleasure. But this guy! The handwriting – good grief! … Read More Stub by Ian Critchley (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
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The Days that came before the Days that took all that was Beautiful by Ernest O. Ògúnyemí (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
Bisangwa was closer than a friend, he was a brother. I knew him well before I was wise enough to call names, and his was one of the first names I called. We grew up together as children. We played with and ate the same sand, dirtied our clothes, and cried together as our mothers… Read More The Days that came before the Days that took all that was Beautiful by Ernest O. Ògúnyemí (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
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Apocalypse and Camels by Drew James (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
I’ll try to write it exactly how Paige said it. She said: ‘You were in my dream last night. You were going to the grocery store because I was out of Froot Loops and you said you’d never let me run out of Froot Loops again because Froot Loops are my fuel and you needed… Read More Apocalypse and Camels by Drew James (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
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Pavlova by Amy Barnes (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
Snowflakes fell like fluttery Parisian meringues. Anna’s thin jacket andpointe-shoe-pink silk pyjamas held off her shivering for but a moment. Her slippers were soon as wet as the sky. Christmas gifts scattered after the train’s crash, shiny paper and foppish bows bold against the bleak night. There was no rehearsal for this unexpected performance.No backstage… Read More Pavlova by Amy Barnes (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
Lucent Dreaming 2020 Pamphlet and Novella Contests: Deadline 4th December 2020
2020 is here and with it our brand new competitions! Submit your short stories and poems by May 2020.… Read More Lucent Dreaming 2020 Pamphlet and Novella Contests: Deadline 4th December 2020
Announcing our Pushcart Nominations
We’re delighted to share our Pushcart nominations from 2019 for 2020. We wish we could nominate all our published pieces, but as we can’t, here are six of our many favourites from 2019! ‘Force Mechanism’ by Aremu Adams Adebisi ‘The Rhythms of Anxiety’ by Ian Grosz ‘Baintsi’ by Madeleine Milligan ‘Threads of a soft language’… Read More Announcing our Pushcart Nominations