THE GARDENER – JOHN GREY
When other nurturing failed her, / the seeds and the trowel, / the pruner and fertilizer / proved more conducive to solitude. / Everything from roses to broccoli grew. / They didn’t […]
THE GOVERNMENT ADVISES (2030) – PENNY BLACKBURN
They keep telling us to “stay indoors if you can” but that’s no use to those of us who need to go to work. Every aspect of that is so difficult in the heat – from lifting the damp cotton sheet off my sweaty body, to crossing […]
RED BLUE GREEN: COTTAGE, LOS ALAMOS – REBECCA PYLE
Rebecca Pyle’s artwork is on covers of Oxford Magazine, Raven Chronicles Journal, The Underwater American Songbook, Oxford Magazine, and JuxtaProse; her work also appears in Anomaly, Belle Ombre, The Menteur, Stoneboat […]
THE SNAG (LATERAL VERSION) – BLAISE GILBURD
Blaise is a student currently studying in NUI Galway. Previous publications include the ‘Messyheads’ magazine, ‘Crossways’ and ‘The High Window’ as well as being awarded the NUIG creative points scholarship. […]
Green – Bridget McNamara
HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for The Green Issue – sadly, too many to fit inside the magazine! So we offered some writers and artists who’d sent in work the chance to be published here on the website. Keep an eye on our social media for more...
KITE IN THE SKY – IAN INGLIS
I was born in the mid-1970s and grew from childhood into adolescence and adulthood to the accompaniment of all the unruly music of the next twenty years – heavy metal, punk, new wave, disco, reggae, grunge. I bought lots of records and, over time, changed from […]
A MASTERLIST OF VIRTUAL LIBRARIES, THEATRE PERFORMANCES, AND MORE
Virtual Sea of Creativity: a Masterlist of Virtual Libraries, Theatre Performances, and more By Eve Volungeviciute We might be slightly closer to the finish line in battling COVID-19, but there is still a way to go. In this situation, creative industries are...
DIS-EASE – HLR
HLR is a 20-something-but-closer-to-30 year old writer of creative non-fiction, mainly short prose and poetry. She writes about challenging subjects such as mental illness, addiction, suicide and grief. HLR was born and raised in […]
HEART – ALISON JONES
Today, we live on the boundaries / of the forest, sewn with lost / and hidden places, deep enough / to fill whole worlds. Don’t fall in. / Ghosting faces wait to […]
PASTURES NEW – REBECCA LEHMANN
Rebecca is a Kent-based poet, who began writing poetry in 2018. She reflects on themes of disconnection from the natural world, creativity, spirituality and the link between them. She intends for her work to speak to […]