They were only animals left feasting. Rotten corporate leftovers spilling from city bins. Trees, ancestors of the paper bags bearing that fast food insignia wept for the goodness gone. His back peeled with the sunburn always refusing the mother’s caution. At the beach, swimming among detritus laughingly splashing the world’s waste. Smoke pouring all the…
Creative Writing – 8th March 2016
I am proud to present the writers of UEA writing on: Pride. Such a word has so many weighty connotations, be they political, social or purely linguistic. Pride in oneself is one of the seven deadly sins and a trait frowned upon by some as the shadow of vanity and arrogance. It can also be…
Creative Writing – 23rd February
For this issue I got you all writing about secrets. Everybody has them, nobody keeps them. Perhaps you have one. Perhaps you are keeping one. Perhaps people are keeping one from you. And on that note: [su_quote]three people can keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin[/su_quote] Jay Stonestreet, Creative Writing editor…
Creative Writing – February 9th
For this issue I wanted everybody to turn the attention of the absurdity of the reality we inhabit (as well as explore the surreal nature of the ones we don’t). Sometimes life can seem very ordinary until you turn to look at it. Upon further examination, we see that not everything is as it seems…
Creative Writing 319 – Time Travel
[su_box title=”Time Travel” box_color=”#2D2D73″ radius=”0″]Happy New Year to all! As a quick side note, I would like to say a great big thank you to all who helped make this section the best it could be last semester – you’ve all been brilliant with submissions and it’s been an enlightening experience as editor so far….
Creative Writing 318 – Peace
[su_box title=”Peace” box_color=”#2D2D73″ radius=”0″]The topic for Creative Writing this issue is peace, and with good reason. As of late, the world has been reeling from the shock of terror in our midst – the evil actions of a small few to punish innocent people. I chose two themes for the writers this time – ‘a…
Creative Writing – 3rd November
It’s hard to ignore the extraordinary displays of colour in autumn that confront us throughout October and November. On the worst of the grey days, it is sometimes these colours that make the wind and the rain all seem worth it. Likewise, it is the vibrancy and diversity of cultures at UEA which make it…
Creative Writing – Halloween
Halloween looms somewhere on the horizon and the skies are darkening all around us. This issue, we asked our creative writers to think on the question ‘what’s out there?’ in their pieces, and the responses were anything but dull; from the Wizard of Oz to a series of neglected text messages floating around in cyberspace….
Creative Writing: Skylines
[su_box title=”Skylines – Jay Stonestreet, creative writing editor” box_color=”#2D2D73″ radius=”0″]As we enter into October and the sun sinks a little lower every day, each autumn sunset becomes more beautiful. In this issue, UEA’s writers explore the theme of skylines and the framing of the human against nature’s ever-changing backdrop.[/su_box] [su_quote cite=”Westley Barnes”]Cloudwatcher Ever since I’ve…
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