The Base Macian TO MAKE: a verb, from the base macian meaning “fitting” in Old English; related to match; past: made. A good old thing resulting in an object one could use. A table, a teething ring,...

One form of prose writing we are always on the lookout for is reportage – vignettes of doses of real life – or creative non-fiction as it is sometimes termed. Here's a new piece by Rachel...

My ghosts “Maybe you should write about your ghosts,” my husband suggests. He’s found me staring at a blank page again. I know what Paul is talking about. We’ve had that conversation before....

night comes oni)a couple of things I’m sure of:the sea, green with envy for the smoothnessof the skythe bulb of stubble you’d missed that morningbut as for why I came?or why I thought you’d asked...

To Map a Man The transparent mapping of a manrequires a thin slice of him on coated film along with a translucent strip of his energy activity with all of its sides,  all aspects of...

A Bed and Breakfast in HellI thought it mightSpice things up a bit if I took the new fellato a bed and breakfastand he said don’t get your hopes upI’m a lot like Billy Bob Thornton I have that...

FoodFood crumbs and tins on the kitchen floor. You look down at your feet. You revolve, clockwork body shifting your skirt.. The mice scurry out, tempted to dance with you. But you are too...

(Please) Don’t Walk On The Wet Floor, EdgarFlat back, eyes up — then I shall cross the ceiling — you must watch it dry first — then you mustn't first wash it — sit up and listen, Edgar — take my...

Dormouse   It woke me up, first tipping a coffee cup over in its saucer while slipping through the barred window in the kitchen, next flipping over a wooden herb pot with ‘DILL’ scored in black...

Stealing DucksThe night farm was churningeverything over, grinding its teeth—darkness produced in hidden looms,spun through wriggling bobbins.You said we should get on with it,or expect to be...