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New Writing Scotland 42
Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici, & Niall O’Gallagher
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“Here is writing that is not afraid to get up close, to name the things that scare us, but that also reawakens us to the grace of love, the call of place and community, the thrill of music, the consolation of art, and, not least, the presence, despite everything, of the marvellous.”
![CONTENTS (first page)
Introduction
New Writing Scotland 43: submission instructions
Shasta Hanif Ali . . . . . How to get eggs off your windows (following a racist incident)
Henry Bell . . . . . An Obvious Secret
C. D. Boyland . . . . . Saint Sebastian
Colin Bramwell . . . . . Devotional Music
Eve Brandon . . . . . Bog Body, Again
Nathan Breakenridge . . . . . Frank
Nathaniel Cairney . . . . . In which two magpies realise they are not alone
E. E. Chandler . . . . . Things You Left Me
Rachel Clive . . . . . I met your sister today
Claire Deans . . . . . Getting Rid of Gabriella
Lara Delmage . . . . . Crush / I don’t cry
Johana Egermayer . . . . . Àite nan Iomadh Loch
Graham Fulton . . . . . Do You Feel
Niamh Gordon . . . . . Food
Zoë Green . . . . . Leven Street
Lydia Harris . . . . . Robert Dick
Benjamin K. Herrington . . . . . Yo’ Momma
Michael Hopcroft . . . . . Echoes from Calder Glen
Ellis Jamieson . . . . . Stolon
Ioulia Kolovou . . . . . [A Bilingual Dictionary of Loss & Mourning Weaved with Fragments from a Journal]
Ruby Lawrence . . . . . Moulting
Hannah Ledlie . . . . . Sleeper / The Embroidery
Kate McAllan . . . . . Gerry
Donnchadh MacCàba . . . . . Còig Mionaidean
Hayli McClain . . . . . In All its Moving Parts](/proxy/post_attachment/296409/48dd615e8f.jpg "CONTENTS (first page)
Introduction
New Writing Scotland 43: submission instructions
Shasta Hanif Ali . . . . . How to get eggs off your windows (following a racist incident)
Henry Bell . . . . . An Obvious Secret
C. D. Boyland . . . . . Saint Sebastian
Colin Bramwell . . . . . Devotional Music
Eve Brandon . . . . . Bog Body, Again
Nathan Breakenridge . . . . . Frank
Nathaniel Cairney . . . . . In which two magpies realise they are not alone
E. E. Chandler . . . . . Things You Left Me
Rachel Clive . . . . . I met your sister today
Claire Deans . . . . . Getting Rid of Gabriella
Lara Delmage . . . . . Crush / I don’t cry
Johana Egermayer . . . . . Àite nan Iomadh Loch
Graham Fulton . . . . . Do You Feel
Niamh Gordon . . . . . Food
Zoë Green . . . . . Leven Street
Lydia Harris . . . . . Robert Dick
Benjamin K. Herrington . . . . . Yo’ Momma
Michael Hopcroft . . . . . Echoes from Calder Glen
Ellis Jamieson . . . . . Stolon
Ioulia Kolovou . . . . . [A Bilingual Dictionary of Loss & Mourning Weaved with Fragments from a Journal]
Ruby Lawrence . . . . . Moulting
Hannah Ledlie . . . . . Sleeper / The Embroidery
Kate McAllan . . . . . Gerry
Donnchadh MacCàba . . . . . Còig Mionaidean
Hayli McClain . . . . . In All its Moving Parts")
