Winter 2023 Issue includes –

Roisin Agnew Ransom
‘When she got home, it took a moment for her to understand what had happened.’ [short story]

Niamh Cullen Darina Laracy’s Wars
An Irishwoman’s complicated World War II – and what came after [essay]

Joe Davies My Father’s Things
Reflections on a distant father and the author’s complex inheritances [essay]

Ruby Eastwood Rosie and Ruby
‘The soft places are at the nape of the neck, the meeting of the ribs, the eye socket, the groin.’ [short story]

Nick Holdstock The Ascent of Stromboli
An active volcano and the lure of the crater [personal history]

Jane Lavelle Hens’ Feet
Karachi revisited [personal history]

Richard Lea … must be destroyed …
A holiday haunted by ancient and future wars [short story]

Jess Raymon Pool Pump
‘You have to build love muscle. It won’t grow on its own.’ [short story]

Justine Sweeney The Work Van
A girl and her father go for a drive in a world made by gunmen [short story]