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
On Friday morning, she made a phone call
And sprouted toes and fingers.
While one set held her steady against him,
The other stretched and reached until they touched
The far corners of her bedroom.
They bloomed and presented
Their spiralling surface to the roof.
She’d never taken up this much space before.
When she realised she was not scared to cross that line,
Her neck lifted her head like its slack zipper
Had just been pulled to the top of her spine.
She felt her age.
That was new.
Her mind emitted a different hue that was
No longer pink and young and wary,
But dark green and able.
By Tuesday it wasn’t just her fingers that grew,
But her hair and eyelashes too, and she felt like
A plant now too big for her pot.
She was ready for something brand new.
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
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
Lucent Dreaming signs Andrew Ogun’s debut poetry collection ‘Slingshot’
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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.
We are delighted to announce the winners of Lucent Dreaming’s 2021 Flash Fiction contest. The winning stories appear below, and will be published in our
Lucent Dreaming issue 9 has arrived at Lucent HQ and we think it’s our best one yet. Subscribe today from only £20 to purchase your
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
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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