COLUMNS
Soapbox
Mike Hembury on the worldwide warnings of the climate crisis that we can no longer ignore and how to fight the forces that feed it
From the Inside
Marina Bueno on corresponding with the outside world and past lives and the power of friendship behind bars
6 YEARS OF THE WILD WORD
FICTION
C.J. Anderson-Wu
C.J. Anderson-Wu’s flash fiction story ‘Autumn Counteroffensive’
Doug Jacquier
Doug Jacquier’s flash fiction story ‘Least I can do’
Evie Groch
Evie Groch’s flash fiction story ‘Fire and Water’
Niles Reddick
Niles Reddick’s flash fiction story ‘Crying Boy’
POETRY
Andrew Senior
Andrew Senior’s poem ‘In Waiting’
Yichielle Gigi Devendra
Yichielle Gigi Devendra’s poem ‘After this evening, I’
Jenne Micale
Jenne Micale’s poems ‘Fire Weather’, ‘The Red Barn’, and ‘Fumata’
Phil Wood
Phil Wood’s poem ‘5am’
Ximena Gomez
Ximena Gomez’s poem The Perpetrator/El autor del delito
Carol Edwards
Carol Edwards’s poem ’48 days’
POETRY REVIEWS
Review of ‘A “Sonetto” for the Poetic World’
Review of A “Sonetto” for the Poetic World by Koshy AV
Review of ‘Contrapasso’
Review of Alexandra Fössinger’s poetry collection ‘Contrapasso’
WHAT WE LOVE
Nina Hynes song ‘Looking For You’ from her new album ZAP! Buy here.
‘Growler Rising’ by Dee Mulrooney
Our editor Kusi Okamura on the Secret Library podcast on the need for writers over 40
Music online with Mick Hembury and Jenka Bühler
Yin Yoga in your sitting room with Erinbell Fanore
Rufus Coates & Jess Smith’s ‘Modern Day Cathedral’
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