Lyne 12/3/1945 – 14/10/2023 When I was about eight years old, I became hyper aware of my mum’s mortality. I would lie in bed for hours worrying that she would be dead soon and that life without her would be unbearable. Sometimes, I would go downstairs in tears but there was nothing she could reallyContinue reading “Denise Evelyne Knight”
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Alison
By Simon Downham-Knight I strolled over to Mike Jones’s flat on a grey, early November evening in 1991. As I walked round the corner into Gloucester Street, I had an enigmatic feeling of excitement and trepidation. Mike’s flat was in one of those big white town houses in Pimlico. It had black railings, stairs thatContinue reading “Alison”
The Beckoning Stars Way Beneath Us
A Short story by Nasir Ali Hussain “Why struggle to open a door between us when the whole world is an illusion” Rumi The night was almost as striking as she was. Alice was pretty alright, in this soulful, doe-eyed way that could make a certain type of man yearn and burn. Maybe that wasContinue reading “The Beckoning Stars Way Beneath Us”
Spiral Staircase 