Category: Fiction
-
The Champion Carrots of Combe Martin
The Bristol Channel was occupied by Germn U-Boats to sink industrial ships during WWII. However, some have speculated that the German submariners had a bigger imprint on the communities nearby the Channel. In this fiction peice, Ailsa Fraser details the mystery of disappearing carrots in Combe Martin.
-
On Seeing the Pyramids at Giza
The pyramids at Giza have inspired artists for millennia. Here, Stuart McFarlane shares two poems on them.
-
Glimpse of Eternity
Amenhotep discovered his tomb had a vein through it that contrasted his belief in a perfect afterlife. Ambrose Rose discusses how human flaws were rationalized within beliefs of divine perfections.
-
A Scattering of Clouds: The Death of Hyacinthus by Apollo’s Hand
Catherine Margaret Hodge provides a fictionalised account of the death of Apollo’s lover Hyacinthus and how the Greek God comes to terms with mortality and immortality.
-
Untimely Fruit
“Was their sex not composed of a more melancholic humour?” In this striking short fiction piece Naomi Wallace outlines the entanglement of grief, agony, and obligation which accompanied late medieval clandestine burials.
-
Farewell Juniper Green
Not so long ago you could be deported to Australia for committing a minor crime. Stuart McFarlane’s poem explores the feeling of being forced to leave Edinburgh.
-
Innocence Betrayed, Condemnation’s Blade
This man, once healed by Sarah’s hand, now accused her, taking a stand. “Her potions cured what prayers could not.” His voice shook, a fearful plot. In this fiction piece, Ambrose Brown explores themes of injustice and superstition in Salem’s history.
-
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Underworld
Are you planning on taking a quick trip to the Underworld? Arianna North Castell’s overview of what you’ll find is invaluable reading before you set off on your journey!
Retrospect Journal 