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Fiction

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PRESS RELEASE: Publication day for our first fiction title: ‘Jude’ by Elin Heron

Lucent Dreaming has been operating as a creative writing magazine since April 2018 from Cardiff. In 2023, we began our single-author trade publishing venture, launching

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Elin Heron in the spotlight

Today we shine the spotlight on Elin Heron, whose story John Truslove appeared in issue 11 of Lucent Dreaming, and whose book Jude is forthcoming

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SNARE by Calhoun Crimin (Lucent Dreaming Issue 13)

TOMB SEALED BY FLOOR RISE SCIENCE FIGHTS NATURE FOR BODY OF MAN IMPRISONED The body of Theo Wood was located earlier today, having been removed

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Poetry

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Header image with both covers and logos from Seren Books, Lucent Dreaming, Literature Wales, Book Council Wales and The Riverfront

BEYOND / TU HWNT and CLING FILM in-person launch event at The Riverfront, 6pm, 10 April 2025

We hope you can join us at The Riverfront in Newport on Thursday 10 April 2025 from 6pm to celebrate the publication of Cling Film by Bethany Handley and Beyond

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To the women who planted flowers in my body, by Michael Imossan (Lucent Dreaming Issue 13)

How do we tell the difference between light and flight?Because what is unheavy, unheld by the weight of bloodwill always make it to the sky.

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maghrib by Sodïq Oyèkànmí (Lucent Dreaming Issue 13)

time & seasons are in God’s handsit is Friday/ i sujood in the masjid & asks God to return meback/ to the spring of my

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In the spotlight

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Bethany Handley headshot with Cling Film cover and Richard Hooton headshot with The Margaret Code cover

Congratulations to our Lucent Dreaming alumni! News from Bethany Handley & Richard Hooton

We are super excited to share that two of our previously published contributors have recently released debut books of their own. Bethany Handley’s Cling Film

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A photo of Sodiq smiling

Announcing new member of the Lucent Dreaming team

We are so excited to formally announce that Sodïq Oyèkànmí has joined the Lucent Dreaming team as freelance Poetry Editor. Having co-edited Andrew Ogun’s Slingshot

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Elin Heron in the spotlight

Today we shine the spotlight on Elin Heron, whose story John Truslove appeared in issue 11 of Lucent Dreaming, and whose book Jude is forthcoming

Read More »

Lucent Dreaming News

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Bethany Handley headshot with Cling Film cover and Richard Hooton headshot with The Margaret Code cover

Congratulations to our Lucent Dreaming alumni! News from Bethany Handley & Richard Hooton

We are super excited to share that two of our previously published contributors have recently released debut books of their own. Bethany Handley’s Cling Film

Read More »
A photo of Sodiq smiling

Announcing new member of the Lucent Dreaming team

We are so excited to formally announce that Sodïq Oyèkànmí has joined the Lucent Dreaming team as freelance Poetry Editor. Having co-edited Andrew Ogun’s Slingshot

Read More »

Elin Heron in the spotlight

Today we shine the spotlight on Elin Heron, whose story John Truslove appeared in issue 11 of Lucent Dreaming, and whose book Jude is forthcoming

Read More »

Articles

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Thoughts on Lucent Dreaming

Thoughts on… Lucent Dreaming [by Jannat Ahmed]

At the end of last year, our writers and funders received an email from me outlining a new publication timeline. It followed a long period

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Thoughts on… Writing Advice [by Jonas David]

Think about the story you have in mind. Think about what happens next. Think about how it ends. Think about what the characters might be thinking about. Think about the nearby landscape, the sights and smells and sounds.

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Thoughts on… Submission Fees and Business Models [by Jannat Ahmed]

What is a ‘good’ business model when it comes to publishing? Are submission fees all bad? And what part does public funding have to play?

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