Interview: Kevin Jackson
An Interview with Kevin Jackson, Author of ‘Touching You’ by Richard Horton Kevin Jackson (pictured left) is the poet behind the collection ‘Touching You’. The book was released at the end of 2016 and is Jackson’s first published collection. It is split into three...
Announcement: Contributors to the Toys & Games Issue
In the Toys & Games Issue (May 2017), "everyone" was... Deborah Alma – Playing Scrabble with My New Lover Deborah Alma is also Emergency Poet in her vintage ambulance and is editor of 'Emergency Poet-an anti-stress poetry anthology', 'The Everyday Poet-...
Toys & Games Submissions #14 : Kelsey Nuttall, Gerard Sarnat, Matthew Harrison
Logic Puzzle #1 Kelsey Nuttall Helen began logging calories last Monday She had a bagel with cream cheese the day before ------but nothing but leafy greens two Thursdays ago Since Helen began running (three years ago) she has averaged ------3 miles, 3 times per...
Fire & Dust MEETS DrayZera
Reviewed by: Sophie Rowson (HCE Fiction Editor) New and familiar faces performed at the Big Comfy Bookshop in March. Poignant words of loss and the disappointments of love started off the event. The flames of anger were lit when frustration around politics and...
Toys & Games Submissions #13: Thomas Guan, Mark Reece, Leanne Bridgewater
THE AGELESS BOX Thomas Guan A gift. Wrapped perfectly in a bright red paper Crisp Edges Crisp Folds. With small excited hands I tore through the paper Jagged Edges Crumpled Folds. Inside, a glossy box, with graphics that bounced Off of the box Interlocking...
Toys & Games Submissions Sample #12: Shirley Anne Cook, Louis Gallo, Joseph S. Pete
HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for the Toys & Games Issue – sadly, too many to fit inside the magazine! So we offered some of our shortlisted contributors the chance to be published on our website. Below are just a few of the pieces we loved. This...
Toys & Games Submissions Sample #11: Ricky Hawthorne, Joshua Lindenbaum, Karen Lethlean
HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for the Toys & Games Issue – sadly, too many to fit inside the magazine! So we offered some of our shortlisted contributors the chance to be published on our website. Below are just a few of the pieces we loved. Keep...
Toys & Games Submissions Sample #10: Sam Illingworth, Demetri Raftopoulos, Darren Stein
HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for the Toys & Games Issue – sadly, too many to fit inside the magazine! So we offered some of our shortlisted contributors the chance to be published on our website. Below are just a few of the pieces we loved. Keep...
Toys & Games Submissions Sample #9: LindaAnn Loschiavo, Robert Beveridge, Charles Joseph Albert
HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for the Toys & Games Issue – sadly, too many to fit inside the magazine! So we offered some of our shortlisted contributors the chance to be published on our website. Below are just a few of the pieces we loved. Keep...
Toys & Games Submissions Sample #8: Brendan Cooney, Agnes Price, Angela Arnold
HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for the Toys & Games Issue – sadly, too many to fit inside the magazine! So we offered some of our shortlisted contributors the chance to be published on our website. Below are just a few of the pieces we loved. Keep...