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I Am Your Daughter
I was afraid that all I would remember were snippets of me asking her, “Do you remember me still?"
nabghashahid19
Apr 17, 20243 min read
“crumbling into every digressive”:A week of thinking about beauty & empathy
'“crumbling into every digressive”:A week of thinking about beauty & empathy' by Catherine Owen
Catherine Owen
Dec 19, 202310 min read


Why Do Asian Mothers Hate Their Daughters?
In which CX analyses familial relations and their breaking down by way of a good (and totally aware that this is happening) friend.
firstnamecarmenx
Nov 4, 202319 min read


Fragaria
"When you have been denied the sensual world for so long, you start hunting for it."
Eithne Shearer
Jun 24, 20235 min read


Human Women
"Still, something in me whispered, swim closer, and I conceded."
A sapphic folklore-inspired horror story by Elizabeth Anne Schwartz.
Elizabeth Anne Schwartz
Jun 23, 20234 min read


Something, In Its Entirety
A short story that stems from a gnawing hunger that metabolises in your twenties.
This story says: eat up.
Ismene Ormonde
Jun 22, 202310 min read


Four Roses
A short story about a protagonist getting chatted up by a barfly - a look at how different vices can affect hunger or thirst.
Jordan Nishkian
Apr 18, 20234 min read
CRUSH
This piece is about the discomfort of being an object of desire. 'CRUSH' is a part of the pieces with the theme 'hunger.'
Davin Makokha
Apr 15, 20232 min read


Incubus
This piece takes inspiration from a past relationship, and the writer's hunger to fit into conservative British society as a POC.
Alyanna Batoy
Apr 13, 20235 min read


Centrestage
All of life is a shifting stage and some of us are keen on never leaving the fulcrum of the script to others.
Shrutidhora P. Mohor
Mar 5, 20232 min read


Calculation
Do you ever ask yourself, 'How would I act if disaster played out in front of me?' In this flash, Jack answers that question.
Philip Berry
Mar 5, 20232 min read


The Apothecary
The Apothecary explores a world where emotions are seen as visible burdens that should be removed altogether.
Caroline Chou
Mar 5, 20234 min read


The Dinner Date
The Dinner Date by Sophia Carlisle is the author's response to the horrifying nature of dating.
Sophia Carlisle
Mar 5, 20234 min read


Thuzar's Door
Thuzar’s Door is a magical realism flash about love as motherhood and grief, then motherhood and grief as sacrifices.
T.R. San
Mar 5, 20232 min read


Point. Blank
Audrey and Tic meet again, years after high school. Their paths cross in a Manhattan bakery.
David Clemenceau
Sep 12, 20227 min read


Visit
Heriot pays a surprise visit to an old friend only to find that the past is rarely quite the place you remembered
Robert Stone
Sep 12, 202210 min read


Turkey Tail
Turkey Tail mushrooms. Funny thing about mushrooms: Sometimes just seeing one can remind you of the importance of being good to yourself.
Laura Stamps
Sep 11, 20222 min read


Trailback
Stood on the hard shoulder of the M1, Kerry Caldwell contemplates a ten-mile tailback, and considers his part in how it came about.
Craig Smith
Sep 11, 20226 min read


Guns And Butter
Guns and Butter" is directly based upon a photograph taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt, entitled, "V-J Day in Times Square."
kangwillowbei
Sep 11, 20229 min read


ANAGRAMS OF RED
Little Dera has to watch her aggrieved mother pull a test of love in the grimmest way possible // TW: Blood and Violence
Elisha Oluyemi
Sep 11, 20224 min read
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