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Don't test my mouth; the truth is my sound — Art and words by Morgan-Lee Snell

The Stratified Stare

Please Stop Saying These 18 Ridiculous Phrases At Work

You do not want to remember these words and say them at work. They are the words of bad robot business.

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Stories and Poems:

Two People Write Letters to each Other about Things That Happen While They are Travelling in Different Countries Even Though, Sometimes, Not a Lot Actually Happens: Part III

Oliver Mol and Katia Pase revive the epistolary form by writing to each other – across continents.

Dark Matter

in a silent way

Excerpt from 'The Novel Teacher'

This is a sneak preview from our up-coming Going Down Swinging #33 from Eric Yoshiaki Dando’s short story The Novel Teacher. We will be launching the new GDS #33...

On Writing:

From Poet to Playwright

After a triumphant Melbourne Fringe run, Sean M. Whelan reflects on the process behind writing his first full-length play, Everything All the Time. What do I know about writing...

Finding the Will

Fiona Broom tries to find the most elusive of powers.

The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge:

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

In a way, you might say The Bell Jar is Rory and Lorelai’s detective fiction and muscle cars.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

Why is this book so wonderful? Without dripping rhapsodic or going into the deep dark recesses of cold hard literary deconstruction, let’s just say that the book somehow slips...