An anthology of creative writing from students at the University of Glasgow, in 5 parts under the theme of Journeys:
Nameless, a short story by Swara Shukla
Chessman, Warrior, King, a poem by Mairi Murphy
My Favourite Place, a short story by Aike Jansen
Abduction on Memoria Lane, a short story by Gerry Erang
The Glasgow and South of Spain Olive Oil Company Ltd., a poem by Tom McDonald
The blasting wind screams along the narrow street, engulfing me within its solemn immensity like a frosty cloak. Tickling sensations rush through my body. I imagine giant ants, like those I have seen on TV earlier, relentlessly crawling under my skin. As I think more about these little creatures, I’m suddenly suffused with a profound sense of inescapable sadness.
At a book fair in a church on a square in Inveraray, I read a poem by Liz Lochhead. It’s the only poem she ever wrote about her husband dying, a friend I’m there with says as she shows me the book. My eyes pass each word slowly, while I travel up the road with her, Liz Lochhead, and her late husband, savouring the Gaelic names of towns and expressive phrases, sitting down on a wooden bench at a book fair in a church on a square in Inveraray.
“Stop!”
He sighs and brings the car to a stop for the third time in twenty minutes.
There goes the family dinner.
An anthology of creative writing from students at the University of Glasgow, in 5 parts under the theme of Silver Linings:
Paper Hands, a short story by Leah Jones
Sparks Fly, a short story by Fiona Dorchester
Danger Here, a poem by Angie Spoto
Short Hair Don’t Care, a short story by Louise Wylie
Leaves, a poem by Rachel Brough
The jittering in Beth’s hands had returned. It was worse in the left than in the right: some quirk of evolution no doubt. The left half of her body was always more emotional than the right. But it was uncomfortably moist in the room; dampness covered the seat on which she was tensely perching.
