Category: Creative writing
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On Searching for Equivalents
I’ve spent the last few months weighing novels. I have measured sentences and traced the outlines of authorial styles. At first, it was a search for equivalents. I was picking up French books with the sole purpose of finding Francophone authors who reminded me of the English writers I held close—I was searching for familiarity…
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January–February Fragments
Radiators The one I am looking at is by my desk. It has been painted over many times, but it’s been a while since someone thought to paint between each slot. It’s been painted various shades, or perhaps I’m just looking at coats of the same colour—was it once the murky yellow I see from…
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Landscape Painting – A Short Short Story
Clare called the week before her eighty-fifth, insisting they gather at the University Parks in celebration of her birthday, ‘Wear a dress, Mum, I know you don’t want to, but it’ll be warm. And bring a hat.’ The choice of clothing and the forcefulness with which she told her to wear a hat reminded Louisa…
Sydney K Erickson 