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.
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Davin Makokha
Apr 15, 20232 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.'
Alyanna Batoy
Apr 13, 20235 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.
Sophie Dickinson
Apr 12, 20235 min read
Strange Songs, Not Kind
'Strange Songs, Not Kind' is a creative nonfiction essay recounting the author's experience with an ED.
TRIGGER WARNING: Eating Disorder
Shrutidhora P. Mohor
Mar 5, 20232 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.
Philip Berry
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.
Caroline Chou
Mar 5, 20234 min read
The Apothecary
The Apothecary explores a world where emotions are seen as visible burdens that should be removed altogether.
Sophia Carlisle
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.
T.R. San
Mar 5, 20232 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.
Robert Frede Kenter
Mar 5, 20231 min read
The Carer
The Carer is a poem by Robert Frede Kenter responding to the idea of 'sacrifice'. It features in Erato Magazine's Issue II: Sacrifice
Tyler Jones
Dec 5, 20221 min read
For What It’s Worth
'For What It's Worth' by Tyler Jones examines the theme of 'Sacrifice'
Ariane Lauren
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Gravity
by Ariane Lauren Not considering consoling me on the sofa, you sit shaken, slumped at your desk. Cradling your head, mumbling, informing...
Alorah Welti
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Eve Climbs Inside Adam to Know the Truth of Things
'Eve Climbs Inside Adam to Know the Truth of Things' is a poem by Alorah Welti.
Charlie Bowden
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Venus Cannot Fly, She's Trapped
'Venus Cannot FLy, She's Trapped' is a poem by Charlie Bowden.
Hesse Phillips
Nov 28, 20222 min read
October 2003
'October' deals with sacrifice in terms of grief, loss of a loved one, innocence, and life.
Written by Phillips in memory of Dave Pierce.
Becca Fang
Nov 28, 20221 min read
The Morning After
"This poem explores the little things we sacrifice to please or impress the people we are intimate with, to the detriment of ourselves."
Keira Armstrong
Nov 21, 20221 min read
Sacrificial Lamb
"in the grip of bleach cream hands,
i let my head sink into my father's waist.
the sinews of my neck splinter
under the squeeze of gravity"
Andrea Gerada
Nov 21, 20221 min read
Iphigenia
"Iphigenia" by Andrea Gerada speaks to the penance daughters pay under angry fathers.
Sharon Pan
Sep 16, 20221 min read
fireworks mark doomsday
my eardrums
pop and explode
at the sound of fireworks crackling
in the night sky, black canvas
with inky white stars that pulse
with light
Anna Wythe
Sep 12, 20221 min read
Exquisite Hunger
"These thoughts came together when I encountered the paper dragons. They seemed like a much better use of paper than the poems I was writing
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