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March 2009 - Issue 01

Short Stories

  • Alice Vernon - Agatha Spoon (Short Story Young Author Category Winner)
  • Mark Gregory - Notes from a Private Investigator
  • Mark Staniforth - Sunbeam
  • Dorothy Crossan - The Square on the Hypotenuse
  • Karen Murdarasi - Mr Norris' Profession
  • Jennie Maxwell - The Allotment
  • Peter Higgins - Slow Death of the Soul
  • Jacqueline Haskell - Stingray Jones goes all the way down
  • Tracey Goodwin - A Fun Day Out
  • Sarah Scanlan - Deadwood (Short Story Category Winner)
  • Daniel Pearlman - Little Willy's 4D Printer
  • Elaine Renton - Monday Morning Blueing
  • David Moran - Jack Cat and Sara June sat together in a pub
  • Valentine Williams - Instant Result
  • Daniel Edlin - The Line Through the Mist
  • Steve Morris - The Lay Off
  • June Sharp - All the Difference
  • Kate Moors - The Bowed Head

    Poetry and Prose

  • David Moran - Sunday Idling at the Co-op
  • Alexandra Lomas - Mistress of Music
  • Beatrice J Murphy - Haiku Weather Reports
  • Jaime Henley - Faded Seaside Glamour
  • David Moran - You could be a genius, for we were fed a lie
  • Beatrice J Murphy - Run Over
  • Jonathan Hall - Hospital
  • David Moran - The Tree Beside the Manor
  • Ralph Jones - Moments Fading (Poetry Category Winner)
  • Deborah MacBride - I Give My Hand to You
  • Steve Scott - I See the Moon
  • Deborah MacBride - Bad Daydreams
  • Marissa Selman - First Light

    Novel

  • Bobbie Darbyshire - The Real McCoy part one

    Interview

  • Amanda Hallay on Dole


    April 2009 - Issue 02

    Short Stories

  • Howard James - Homework (Short Story Category Winner)
  • Laura Solomon - The Lighthouse
  • Kate Moors - The Funya-Mun
  • Alireza Mahdipour - A Nightly Travel
  • Howard Matthews - The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage
  • David Viner - No Accident
  • Ben Cheetham - If in doubt, think murder
  • Elaine Renton - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
  • David Weir - Isabelle
  • Dave Barton - Arms Carved in the Same Branch
  • Patricia Byrne - World Without End
  • Catherine Weir - Who's That Girl Crying by the Chanel Counter?
  • Alex Cayzer - One Night in Brighton
  • Corinna Weyreter - Carnal Love
  • Sydney Townsend - Kismet
  • Elaine Renton - Sticks and Stones
  • Ben Jackson - What You Thought You Need
  • Zoe Lea - Caracosa Tony
  • Sally Warrington - Driving the Plane for Elvis

    Poetry and Prose

  • Alice Lander - Bees
  • Nan Eden - Degrees of Light
  • Daniel Young - A Lemon...
  • Patricia Byrne - Stones of Time
  • Andy Jenkins - Clearing out the Fridge
  • Susan Aldworth - Scorned
  • Nan Eden - Sussex Downs
  • Miranda Priestley - Playful Brook
  • Daisy Hat - The Seabird
  • Ruchira Mandal - Unending Miles
  • Patricia Byrne - Out of Sequence
  • Sohail Ahmed - Invisible Hands
  • Fiona Boyle - Hide and Seek
  • Alexandra Lomas - The Mistress of Music
  • Deborah MacBride - And this I Admit
  • Mike Deller - What if France were fake? (Poetry Category Winner)

    Novel

  • Bobbie Darbyshire - The Real McCoy part two

    Interview

  • Milly Johnson on A Spring Affair


    May 2009 - Issue 03

    Short Stories

  • Christopher Hintz - The Other Half
  • Teresa Davis - Secret Liaison
  • Jacqui Bealing - Finale
  • Julya Oui - Viewfinder
  • Helen Howe - The Softest Skin
  • Steve Wade - Forever Chasing Pigeons
  • Peter Marshall - Time Line
  • Greg McQueen - Daddy's Girl
  • Lee-Ann Williams - The Speed Date
  • Anthea Holland - Paper Chase
  • Cher Jones - Winter Rain
  • Jon Wallace - Underground Girl
  • Caroline Reid - Coming Home
  • Kate Norwood - The Rooster's Call
  • Vivienne Blake - A Nice Little Earner
  • Alison Crawley - Forty-Seven Bonsai Trees (Short Story Category Winner)
  • Steven Cutts - Baptism of Fire
  • Jenny Maltby - The Waiting Game

    Poetry and Prose

  • Steve Oliver - The Four Apisteos
  • Julie Phillips - Water
  • Paul Birch - Camera
  • Philip Laverty - Trains of Thought
  • David Moran - For an Eternal View
  • Donna Poulter - The Mad River Rife
  • Stephanie Lunn - You must love me
  • J.S.Watts - Fairy Story
  • Deborah MacBride - See a broken heart?
  • Harry Riley - Remember me
  • Vivienne Blake - In Defence of Clichés
  • Lea Mazzocchi - Struggles To Bliss
  • Guy Fletcher - The Lighthouse
  • Keith Large - Goodbye Greedy Gas (Poetry Category Winner)

    Novel

  • Bobbie Darbyshire - The Real McCoy part three

    Interview

  • Anne Brooke


    June 2009 - Issue 04

    Short Stories

  • Martin Issit - Bridge to Nowhere
  • MFW Curran - The Favourite
  • Marit Meredith - The Mirror Image
  • Paul Eccentric - A Better Place
  • Keith Large - Beware of the Carrot Nappers
  • Sarah Evans - Reaching the top
  • Jaimé Henley - Wearing Pants Outside Your Tights
  • James Stewart - Escape From Heaven
  • Andrew Jones - The Moment
  • Mike Deller - The Push
  • Howard Pattison - The War Before This (Short Story Category Winner)
  • Sally Jenkins - Last Summer
  • Jack Martin - A Man Called Masters
  • Joanna Campbell - Benches

    Poetry and Prose

  • Keith Stevens - Annual Letters
  • Fenella Duncan - Coming to Life on the A35
  • Wendy Crompton - The Dress
  • Paul Dance - Dolores and Rodney (Poetry Category Winner)
  • Judie Gelling - A Loose Leaf
  • Martin McCallion - Earthlings Unbound
  • Emily Levick - Losing Man's Best Friend
  • Josh Nichols - Lady Shalotte (Young Author Category Winner)
  • Aine Wood - A True Friend
  • Gary Wilson - Saturday (night) Dramatica
  • Carolyn Martin - Cleaning The Bath
  • Una E. Hogan - A Kiss
  • Richard Hassell - Cut Me Loose
  • Mark Baker - Guts for glory
  • Lane Mathias - Love Like Moss
  • Sally Clarke - Old Photograph

    Novel

  • Bobbie Darbyshire - The Real McCoy part four

    Interview

  • Andy McDermott


    July 2009 - Issue 05

    Short Stories

  • To Build a Home - George Terry
  • Going for a Drive - Janet Ritchie (Short Story Category Winner)
  • Lonely Hearts Advert - Ken Ward
  • Every Thursday at One - Susan E. Willis
  • The Bean and nothing but the Bean - Ian Stuart
  • The Misfortune Teller - Gavin Bell
  • Remembrance - Jené Fletcher
  • Another Man‘s Son - Deb Woodnutt
  • Tales of the Suburbs - Helen Adlam
  • The Coney Island Fortune Seekers - Julie Malamute
  • The Red Shoes - Denice Penrose
  • In Fields Where The Poppies Grow - Mark Boulton
  • Its A Desk - Peter Coster-Rogers
  • Redemption- George Ashworth
  • Mouths - Rob O‘Shea
  • Part Exchange - Simon Worswick
  • The Ghost Machine - Peter Allchin
  • The Feeder - Julia Painter
  • The Pub at Barnton Parva - Rhona Aitken

    Poetry & Prose

  • Something Must Have Happened - Stephanie Lunn
  • Ducks In The Park - Wendy Carter (Poetry Category Winner)
  • Genevieve - John Ellis
  • Alien Lullaby - Jo anna Bulley (Young Author Category Winner)
  • Haiku - Deborah MacBride
  • Debt - Vivienne Blake
  • I Am - James Stuart
  • Still Life - J.S Watts
  • Nothing But The Best is Good Enough - Jacqui Pack
  • Gift Cycle - Sue Kilpatrick
  • Hamlet Speaks Through A Medium - Ian Stuart
  • Summer 1990 - Catherine Walter
  • They Weren‘t Killers Then, They‘re Killers Now - David Moran

    Novel

  • Bobbie Darbyshire - The Real McCoy part five

    Interviews

  • Bobbie Darbyshire
  • Matthew Francis


    August 2009 - Issue 06

    Short Stories

  • Braille - Laura Solomon
  • Under The Skin - Jennie Maxwell
  • On the Seventh Day - Steve Wade
  • Back To Normal - June Sharp
  • Martha's Murderer - Jade De-Terville
  • The Maid of Orleans - Alison Raymond
  • The Shipwrecked Sailor - Gemma E. Renshaw
  • The Move - Dorothy (Dot) Lupo
  • Sophie Exposed - William Falo
  • Death’s Diner - Lisa Oliver
  • Framed with Love - Andy Kirk
  • My Heaven - M.J. Firth
  • Organised Chaos - Cher Jones
  • Drowning Success - Richard Findlay
  • Crocodile Tears - Linda Elam
  • A Skill Too Far - Paul Meanwell
  • Wishes Like Fishes - Poppy Helm
  • Flying Pigs - Robyn Simmons
  • Forgetting to Ask for Sugar - Howard Pattison
  • A New World - Abayomi Ogunwale
  • Church Fight - Lillian Avon
  • Taking Fists for Hadley - Robin Jarossi
  • The Roominghouse Madrigals - Allyn Thomas

    Poetry & Prose

  • I Am... - James Stewart
  • Erotic Needs - Matt Hayden
  • An Unknown City - Richard Findlay
  • The Dig - Mike Berger
  • Whispers in the Dark - Ron Alfano
  • I Lay Awake Last Night - Emily Smith
  • Brackish - Jean Ashford
  • Blooming Cerise - Judie Gelling
  • She - Nick Pellatt
  • Costa Hols - Paul Taylor
  • The Day I Died - Michael Arnold
  • Director’s Cut - Bruce Lader
  • Sonnet: No Love Lost - Topher Mowat
  • Who you calling ignorant? - Victoria Hirst-Dean
  • Cannabis - John W Fenn

    Novel

  • Bobbie Darbyshire - The Real McCoy part six

    Interview

  • Michael Gregorio


    September 2009 - Issue 07

    Short Stories

  • Warren Armstrong - Who Are You?
  • Neil Callender - Lester Makes a Break for It
  • Gary Cole - Dahlias, like the Sunset
  • Gabriela Coman - Walking on the Shadows of Agaves
  • Sarah Evans - Seeing Clearly
  • Craig Hallam - Laughter on the Landing
  • Donna Haw - C’est la vie
  • Will Griffin - The Blue Bench
  • Rowland Jagger - An Unusual Friendship
  • Ivan Latham - Eclipse of the Moon Templars
  • Anne Lauppe-Dunbar - Barbie
  • Mark Patrick Lynch - What Happened When I Told Her What She Thought She Wanted To Hear
  • Howard Matthews - Hermitage and the Robber
  • David Moran - Sleeping With The Dirt
  • Caroline Reid - A Day at the Beach
  • Hazel Stevens - The Cheshire Man
  • John Ward - The Clocks Were Wrong
  • Dawn Wingfield - Jo Moon Pulls A Sicky
  • Sayuri Yamada - A Fat Mermaid

    Poetry & Prose

  • Anthony Arnott - Behind Barcodes
  • Amanda Bakewell - Waiting for coffee
  • Paul Birch - Nachtmusik
  • Collette Caffrey - English summer
  • Sarah L Dixon - Home is the curl of carrots
  • Nan Eden - The Questionnaire
  • Nan Eden - Late Summer
  • Cheryl Hankin - Fairey Feet
  • Richard Hassell - The Weed
  • Charlotte James - This is for You
  • Charlotte James - Only You
  • Michael Lee Johnson - Gingerbread Lady
  • Chris Jupe - The Abyss Of The Mind
  • Richard Loveday - Masquerade
  • Scott Kristoffer Ripley - Ode to a Cordial Friend
  • Emily Smith - Night

    Novel

  • Bobbie Darbyshire - The Real McCoy part seven - final instalment

    Interview

  • Dr Steven Cutts


    October 2009 - Issue 08

    Short Stories

  • Ruby - Kirsty Ferry
  • Get Your Money Back At The Door - Stephanie Williams
  • A Good Head Of Water - Sam Pennington
  • Writer's Block - Paige Hughes
  • Sacrifice - Alistair Westwood
  • Sleepy Head - Lee Burgess
  • Waiting Time - Helen Allen
  • Burnt - Joel Willans
  • Going To Court - Rory Langridge
  • Ken, Doreen And Bernard - Brian Lockett
  • The Different Child - Carla Scarano D’Antonio
  • Beautiful Jeanette - Vanessa Woolf-Hoyle
  • A Tale of Two Beetles - Nima Baghi
  • Identity Unhidden - Shaun Avery
  • Just Saying - Rick Ewing
  • A Moment For Love - Sue Palmer
  • Crimson Blood - Carola Kickers
  • In A Time Of Need - Shane Payne
  • Talking In Tongues - Shanta Everington
  • Hard Men - Christopher John Bowser
  • Don't Be Square (Be There) - Amanda Hallay
  • Walter's Son's Funeral - Sam Virzi
  • One Blonde Strand - Richard Loveday
  • Elisabeth - Steven Mullaney

    Poetry & Prose

  • On The Edge - Karen Chappell
  • Blue And White Lobelias - John D Lilley
  • Thingymebob - Vincent Pryer
  • Answer From Adonis (GSOH) To 283 - Kerstin Afzelius Cross
  • Watch Out Boy! - Yusuf Askary
  • The Passenger - Grant Longstaff
  • Nightlife - Rachel Flint
  • My Café Anywhere - David Mitake Higham
  • The Awakening - Norma Hanton
  • Prayer - Mark Elias
  • Lost At Sea - Abigail Wyatt
  • Lingo A While - Alison Standish
  • From Essex To Northamptonshire - Alex Moran
  • Fishing for Sticklebacks - Kevin Halls
  • Inevitable - Lynda Essex
  • The Old House - Joy Field M.B.E.
  • Still - Bernard O'Leary
  • Tests, Tests and More Tests - Hannah Gibson
  • Summer Evening - Ashley Bray
  • Seaside Reflection - Nicholas Kenny
  • Can You Tell Me Where God Is? - Trevor Belshaw
  • The Invisible Woman - Janet Newman
  • She’s Leaving - Jean Dawson
  • Beginning Middle End - Diana Harrison
  • When the Bar Empties - Simon East
  • Another Grey Day - James O'Callaghan

    Novel

  • Steven Cutts - Viking Village part one

    Interview

  • Cally Taylor

    November 2009 - Issue 09

    Short Stories

  • Frogspawn - Andrew Mckie
  • White Room - Richard Bright
  • My Little I - Lynda Nash
  • Absent Without Leave - Kirstyanne Sharkey-Daly
  • Resident - Trevor Haymer
  • Cowbirds Can't Sing - Caryl Sills
  • Dance Class - Patricia Green
  • Happy Bunny - Jody Manders
  • Mr Capstick's Armistice Day - J.S. Watts
  • Mrs Aldershott and Pease Pottage - Jennifer Stakes
  • Sleeping Beauty - Miki Byrne
  • Conflict - Pamela Murray
  • Stop Pretending Everything’s Okay - Suvi Mahonen
  • Daisy - A.M. Fussell
  • A Shadowed Face - Gemma Flay
  • Moth-stroke - Alex Thornber
  • The Whispering Wall - Laura Wilkinson
  • Cropredy Bridge - Lazaro Zugor
  • Playmates - Chris Hogan
  • Reality - Janet Gogerty
  • Murder On The Tube - Peter Gearing
  • A Ghostly Inspection - Mike Egerton

    Poetry & Prose

  • Elements Of Decay - Rebekah Bergman
  • Summertime - Julie Phillips
  • The Annoying Dog - Lee Kelton
  • Last Legs - Robert F Latimer
  • Who I'll Be - Rachel Gardner
  • Images Of You - Howard James
  • The Combat Vet - Matt Hayden
  • Single Mum And Bored Children - Mark A Pritchard
  • Autumn - Gary Cole
  • Pear - Jennifer Martin
  • Inertia - Barbara Bruce
  • The Truth Device - Philip Laverty
  • The Land of Dreams: A Fairy-Rhyme - Ruchira Mandal
  • Bloodlust - Marie Parrish
  • Evreyobdy's Disyelxic - Jaimé Henley
  • Blast Off! - Kevin Halls
  • This Land - Julie Hunt
  • Staying Power - Edward Iacona
  • Passion - Kim Iverson
  • Looking Up Nostrils - Fenella Duncan
  • On The Road To Inverary - John W Fenn
  • Patient Number 10477, George - Mike Berger
  • The Love Rivals - Keith Large
  • To Be Me - Sue Kilpatrick
  • Phobic - Bernard O'Leary

    Novel

  • Steven Cutts - Viking Village part two

    March 2010 - Issue 10 - New Pocket-sized Edition

    Short Stories

  • Prophet And Loss - Janet Ritchie
  • Three Minutes - Laura Patricia
  • One More Night - David Hughes
  • It's All Greek To Me - Sarah Robina Devanney
  • Second Best - Angela Buckley
  • Incident In Oxbridge Street - Bridget Tribe
  • Rainbow's Edge - Sarah Connor
  • The Little House - Kathy Marchael
  • Consequences - Yvonne Higgins
  • Second Chances - Andrea Ruggirello
  • Last Orders - Simon Barron
  • Eric The Warrior - Benjamin Bourn
  • The Girl Who Danced With Lloyd George - Margaret Hibbert
  • Strawberry Girl - Amy Ekins
  • Digging A Hole For Douglas - David McVey
  • The Penny Dropped - Harry Downey
  • A Second Chance - Roger Tunnell
  • Read Between The Lies - Ryan Spier
  • Running To A Standstill - Alex Watson
  • Home For Christmas - Mark Staniforth
  • Mangled - W.O. Campbell
  • The Addiction Game - Nicole Smith

    Poetry & Prose

  • Ned's Christmas Letter - Jacqui Pack
  • A Smoker’s Lament - Sid Madrid
  • Silent Love - Pauline Parkes
  • Soldier’s Wife - Marina Neary
  • American Song - Martin Magee
  • The Silent Listener - Samantha Lindsay
  • Ode to Marie-Anne - Harry Riley
  • Confessions Of The Biscuit-Hearted - Kesia Sanders
  • Flying with Stallions - Sue Pass
  • Christmas - Joy Field M.B.E.
  • Feel - Mark Robinson
  • First Christmas - Tracy Greener
  • Oh Weeping Willow - Marnie Creech
  • Mustardseed’s Ambush - Marina Neary
  • Children In Other Lands - Josef Zugor
  • Precipitation - Martin Choules
  • Mr & Mrs S Claus - Jacqui Pack

    Novel

  • Steven Cutts - Viking Village part three

    Websites of interest...
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    Poetry Street
    Poetry Street is a Free on-line publishing site Adults and children of all ages welcome. Personal pages. Categories of poetry. Children’s poetry pages. Featured poets. Poetry News page. UK based. Submit poetry for online publishing, free. All types of poetry may be submitted. Poetry Street carefully monitors all submissions for any wording that may cause offence. http://www.poetrystreet.co.uk

    Milly Johnson
    Milly Johnson http://www.millyjohnson.co.uk is the author of two successful romantic comedies The Yorkshire Pudding Club and The Birds and the Bees. Her third novel A Spring Affair is due for release April 2009. Her website is chockful of practical tips for budding writers (and published ones too). Milly is also a member of the New Romantics http://www.thenewromantics.org a group of seven best-selling authors dedicated to writing about the ups and downs of love.

    DOLE - Amanda Hallay
    The website of one of our featured authors, a great source of inspiration and insight!
    http://www.amandahallay.com

    Redwell Writers

    http://www.redwellwriters.org

    Ways With Words
    Ways With Words runs 3 major UK literature festivals and holiday courses in France and Italy.
    http://www.wayswithwords.co.uk

    Written Words
    Author, Henrietta Soames offers inspiring Fiction Workshops and supportive Fiction Tutorials/mentoring through her website.
    http://www.writtenwords.net

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