Magazine

A young revolutionary encounters the power of music, desire, and loss, in this queer love story set in Lesotho, Africa.

Moso Sematlane Fiction Issue 48: Summer 2023

The Curse

‘As I write the curse, my daughter turns inside me like a root shifting underground, carving a path through tonnes of soil and rock, cracking the paving stones. I send the curse speeding through the ether to its target. I feel, for the first time in a long time, emptied of hornets.’

Jessica Traynor Essay Issue 48: Summer 2023

Switch Bitch

P Kearney Byrne Fiction Issue 47, Volume 2: Winter 2022-23

Fire Island

James Ward Fiction Issue 47: Winter 2022-23

The Afterlife

‘It is the day of my execution. From where I have been positioned on the stage, I cannot help admiring all the work that has gone into decorating the assembly hall.’

Leopold O'Shea Fiction Issue 47, Volume 2: Winter 2022-23

One Night Stands: an introduction

Thomas Morris Editorial Issue 45: Winter 2021-22

The Baby

Jacinta Mulders Fiction Issue 45/Volume 2: Winter 2021-22

Diana in a lonely place

An archaeology student's chance encounter on a summer dig in Greece brings a private obsession full circle and provokes a reckoning with past occurrences.

Emer O'Hanlon Fiction Issue 44/Volume 2: Summer 2021

Boys, Crying

An essay concerning the experience of crying as a trans masculine person, and the ways in which our gender and character are scrutinised based on our most instinctive, unstoppable expressions.

James Hudson Essay Issue 44/Volume 2: Summer 2021

Poem for Bobby Kendall

A poem from the featured poet in our Summer 2021 issue.

Padraig Regan Poetry Issue 44/Volume 2: Summer 2021

The Youths

In this exquisitely written story of a relationship, two colleagues strike up a workplace rapport that will alter the course of their lives.

Lisa Owens Fiction Issue 44/Volume 2: Summer 2021

A Boat To Bilbao

An essay about Ludwig the cat, and the writer who lives with him.

Camilla Grudova Essay Issue 42, Volume 2: Summer 2020

A Story Of Our Time: Notes on Kafka’s The Judgement

Cathy Sweeney Essay Issue 44/Volume 2: Summer 2021