Aurora- Matthew Darcy

I was nineteen when I saw the UFO. It was the end of a long hot American Summer. I was in Aurora Colorado, coaching football to kids who couldn't play, living with host families, and trying to be better. The previous year, I'd been kicked out of college., following a rant in a lecture. The…

There’s Art- Mahon Mccann

For broken hearts Crumpled Like tissues on the kitchen table: There’s art. For the hand you held Wrapped Around your neck: There’s art. For small-backs Pressed against hard walls: There’s art. For young-tears Shed on the landing stairs: There’s art. For the day When up became down: There’s art. For all the kids Struggling To…

Cash Machine- Frances Browner

She dashes across the Clonkeen Road Head bent for the Bank Rummaging in her bag for an ATM card A man strides over from her left Long legs strong and determined Denim jeans faded grey, wispy hair white, face lined, ashen Somewhere in her muddled brain She registers a shaggy dog, black, Peering over the…

Practical Importance- Mahon Mccann

I, came to the conclusion: There was a heart in her chest and as I paused, I could hear it beating. In my periphery, I saw our chests rise And fall together. My blue biro jumped and skipped. And I held my wrist, taking notes Of some practical importance. As she got up to leave,…

Pink Sky- Michelle Rudden

Cloud suffused in cotton candy pink. Illuminates the stillness beneath. Its blush permeates the rutted road. Damp dewy rooftops iridescent. The earth awakens to an ethereal show.

BETWEEN FACTS AND NORMIES – Interview With Angela Nagle

PART TWO Krishna Srikumar In 1999, Lisa Gabriele directed a short film on Vice‘s historic relocation to New York. Since its founding five years earlier by Canadians Gavin McInnes, Suroosh Alvi, and Shane Smith, the independent magazine, described as “the new generation’s Rolling Stone” and “the most popular streetwear mag in North America” by Smith,…

BETWEEN FACTS AND NORMIES – Interview With Angela Nagle

PART ONE Krishna Srikumar August 2016. A man sits in front of a webcam, in a room with walls adorned with sheets of paper containing what look suspiciously like exam notes: he wears round, horn-rimmed glasses, and an acuminate dark blue beanie, and scraggly, brown facial hair contours the splotches of tango pink on his…

The Road and the Lights- Jamie Stedmond

There’s a way you walk when you’re on the way to a formal event. You get out the car, because obviously you’ve driven to this, because even if you don’t live far away you’d still drive, for the sake of formality. You might be walking around a small town, one you know well (and I…

and a dance, voided- Sarah Little

above the ballroom a chandelier sparkles. a dozen candles stand precariously in place, casting dim light. in the centre of the room, she stands with vacant eyes. she’s checked out of her mind, now just posing herself as an ornament. under the light she gleams, polished like silver - mind empty and body tense. she…

a lion of a girl- Sarah Little

sharp candlelight throws shadows, tall flames creating a circle of illumination. she appears, luminous gold in the light. “hey, sweetheart,” she’s purring, almost - body is curled like a lion preparing to pounce. look closely enough, you’ll see claws peeking out minimally unsheathed. at any moment, she might pounce. it’s there in her eyes, narrowed…