from Arthur's Seat

102 Pages·2016·5.09 MB·English

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from Arthur’s Seat
creative writing from the University of Edinburgh
2016
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from Arthur’s Seat
First published by Egg Box Publishing 2016
in partnership with the University of Edinburgh
International © 2016 retained by individual authors & artists
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Design by Ignacio B. Peña
Typeset in Charter, 10 pt
Printed and bound in the UK by Imprint Digital
Distributed by Central Books
ISBN: 978-1-911343-10-3
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from Arthur’s Seat
editorial team
Alyson Kissner
Amani Al-Remal
Angela L. Hicks
Ignacio B. Peña
Kelly Pierce
Lori Sheirich
readers
C.M.A. Hudson Krystal Foster Mark Wightman
cover artwork
Alice Gray
section artwork
Heledd Owen
writer-in-residence
Sam Riviere
special thanks
Alan Gillis Allyson Stack Beth Cochrane
Danny Leyland Jane McKie Ricky Brown
Robert Alan Jamieson Tracey Emerson
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table of contents
foreword 11
fiction
Amani Al-Remal
Give Me Your Everything 15
Angela L. Hicks
Bluebeard’s Bride 18
Ashley Rauls
A Mutual Agreement 21
C.M.A. Hudson
Saplings 24
Cecília Giannetti
That Day 26
Daniel Shand
All At Sea 29
Eben Diskin
The Honeymoon Suite 32
Florence Vincent
Tokens 35
Gwydion Roberts
Transgender Journal: The Wolf’s Lair 38
Ignacio B. Peña
The Ghost 41
Jt Fels
Hell or High Roller 44
Kelly Pierce
Class Clown 47
Lori Sheirich
My Mother Always Said 49
Madelyn Harris
Blue Ceramic Mugs 51
Mark Wightman
Waterbaby 54
Pauline Jérémie
Of Gods and Ghosts 56
Peter Mayne
The Ticket 58
Temi Oh
Do You Dream of Terra Two? 60
Teresa Lee
Missing 63
Zoë Ramsey
The Letter M 66
poetry
Alyson Kissner
Underearth 71
Azra Tabassum
Sugar Plum 72
Jacqueline Thompson
Matryoshka 73
Krystal Foster
After the Reading (To Rita Dove): 74
Lauren Pope
Mescalin For Breakfast 75
Marianne MacRae
The Book Of 76
competition winners
Dominic Hale
ON THE FLYLEAF OF
MACDIARMID’S COLLECTED POEMS 79
eftir C.M. Grieve
Sloan Prize Winner 2016
Marianne MacRae
January Diaries 82
Grierson Verse Prize Winner 2016
Quentin Scobie
Erica 85
Lewis Edwards Prize Winner 2016
Zoë Ramsey
Fights an Hings 90
Sloan Prize Winner 2016
profiles 96