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Contents
Loneliness Explained by Jenny Blackford
Solitude is a Christening Chamber by Olaewe David Opeyemi
After your attempts to hug them failed by Olivia Walwyn
Come the Monsters by Jaq Evans
Watch For Me by E. A. Colquitt
Blake’s Riddle by William Christofides
Gods of Time by Katrina Dybzynska
Licking the messages from gods by Katrina Dybzynska
A change of skin by Mari Ellis Dunning
A point of light by Helen Jones
Where the sun was by Harsh Ramchandani
Stranger in the mirror by Shahida Seedat
Recognising Love by Jenny Lane
Happiness.zip, Paranoia.exe by Adrian Encomienda
Words removed by the OED in 2030 by Vic Pickup
The Next Slide by Dawn Vincent
Standing Mamma by Li-Li Nectar Bennett
Northern Rail by Jamie Atkinson
How far Pluto is from the Sun by Roy Duffield
All the colours in the sky by Paul Alex Gray
This one kind of jellyfish doesn’t die by Lisa Byus
Vorest Boar by Bethany Handley
Coedcerdedd by Anna Powell
Silver clouds, blue and white checks by Diana Story
Dreamers by Rob McGuire
Club Kids by Alex Matraxia
The Open Drawer by Alice Willington
Kelafonia, 2015 by Angeliki Ampelogianni
The Conservatory by Rosemary Doman
Mother II by Samiha Meah
Teenage Affection by Anindita Sarkar
I’d like to spend a day within your mind by Sam Hickford
Vasili’s Pendant by Gary Thomson
The Catacombs of Coal by Jane Burn
Taking pictures at funerals by Romina van Maaren
Unseen, Unspoken and Lost by Issy Flower
Fissure by Stella Miriam Price
Isolate my thoughts too by Muslimat Tinoula Fatokun
Night from Živogošce by Rachel Baxter
Who’s the traitor? by Malcolm Buller
Synonyms for a political career by Rob Lowe