Contents – Issue 27

Click on any of the titles below to be taken to that page in Issue 27. You can skip to the next piece in the magazine from each page by pressing the Next Page button at the bottom of the page. Happy Reading!

  1. My Nanny is Forgetful
    Maggie Bartlett
  2. Acceptance 
    Simran Kaur
  3. Waiting for an Interview
    Toby Garside
  4. Confession of a Lonely Giant
    Petra Rihan
  5. Misunderstanding 
    Madeleine Sudlow
  6. A Tudor Court
    Chloe Pick
  7. Accepted 
    Caitlin Lawrence 
  8. When the sea meets the horizon
    Anya Allden-Howells
  9. Suffocating Gaia
    Zoe Davies
  10. A Wooded Winter
    Simran Kaur
  11. Telephone of the Wind
    Sadeen Ahmad
  12. Summertime is Over
    Aaliyah Hickman
  13. October 24th
    Ruby McKie
  14. Remembrance Day Poem
    Abigail Higgott
  15. A Nonsense Poem
    Petra Rihan

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