Thanks to everyone who entered our Autumn 2020 competition. We received 587 entries from 32 different countries. Below we’ve compiled a long-list of fifty stories. Congratulations to everyone who made the long-list! If your story is on the long-list and you ticked the permission box (you can check your confirmation email or get in touch with […]
Mistakes Multiplied by 3.14159
His daughters are marching in Parliament Square. Their banners say Global Warming’s Not Cool. And all he’s ever wanted was to give them the world. In the peace of his studio, the globe maker preserves the discerning man’s world. He guides a craft knife along the edges of petal-shaped segments of map, each one to […]
When Plan A Goes Awry
Dani’s hands are dirty. She digs in soil beneath the rose bushes in the condo’s community garden, ignoring Blake, who’s weeding next to her. She forgot her gloves, and her fingernails collect grime. She tries not to picture her nails raking Blake’s back just an hour before. The audacity, she thinks, trying to avoid other […]