RITUALS POETRY: ‘ALL SOULS’ BY RACHEL BURNS

RITUALS POETRY: ‘ALL SOULS’ BY RACHEL BURNS

All SoulsRachel Burns Collecting leaves for the compost heap, and flat-capped mushrooms on your knees in the wet grass. Stripping elderberries from branches at the roadside to make red ruby wine that will bubble in tall plastic vats in the airing cupboard. Time to...
REVIEW: BEN PARKER’S ‘THE AMAZING LOST MAN’

REVIEW: BEN PARKER’S ‘THE AMAZING LOST MAN’

THE AMAZING LOST MAN BY BEN PARKER Eyewear Publishing ISBN 978-1-911335-39-9 £9.99/ 70 pages   Reviewed by: Raef Boylan   When it comes to poetry, Ben Parker is amazing. And he’s far from lost. Consequently, he had been receiving a lot of praise and respect...

‘Seal Cub’ by Ion Corcos

HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for The Brutal 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. Check out our social media, as we’ve posted more great...

‘Melissa’ by Clive Donovan

HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for The Brutal 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. Keep an eye on our social media for more great writing like...

‘The Beast That Knows’ by Gene Fendt

HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for The Brutal 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. Keep an eye on our social media for more great writing like...