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As Night Was Falling
I was born at 8.40 p.m. on 17th June 1948. The address on my birth certificate is 34 Great Western Road (now the A93). This was where my grandparents lived,...
As Night Was Falling
I was born at 8.40 p.m. on 17th June 1948. The address on my birth certificate is 34 Great Western Road (now the A93). This was where my grandparents lived,...
The Comfort Trap
Molly is dying. Only my blood can save her. It flows out through a long plastic tube plugged painfully into my nose, as though an artery runs between us.
The Comfort Trap
Molly is dying. Only my blood can save her. It flows out through a long plastic tube plugged painfully into my nose, as though an artery runs between us.
Three poems
Evenings in Hell Let’s play cards,’ he said, crumpled by the pane. Seminary light caulks the room. He smokes, tamping a fag out in his final egg.
Three poems
Evenings in Hell Let’s play cards,’ he said, crumpled by the pane. Seminary light caulks the room. He smokes, tamping a fag out in his final egg.
With You in Mind
A little earlier, Eva Thomas gives her height in feet and inches, and her weight in stones and pounds. The nurse has asked her how tall and heavy we think...
With You in Mind
A little earlier, Eva Thomas gives her height in feet and inches, and her weight in stones and pounds. The nurse has asked her how tall and heavy we think...
Resting Face
Dara was lying on her right side. She could never lie on her left, she always said, because it could bring on a migraine. That was a tried-and-tested, solid-gold fact...
Resting Face
Dara was lying on her right side. She could never lie on her left, she always said, because it could bring on a migraine. That was a tried-and-tested, solid-gold fact...
Mont Blanc
The Citroën B14 G is winched backwards: a scene in reverse. A bloated box leaking river water. The taut rope a tightrope between the living and the dead. The material...
Mont Blanc
The Citroën B14 G is winched backwards: a scene in reverse. A bloated box leaking river water. The taut rope a tightrope between the living and the dead. The material...
The Tameside Whit Friday Brass Band Contest
Stockton loved his wife Q more than anything, she let him drink, even though she hated booze. Because of his love for her they went to the Tameside Whit Friday...
The Tameside Whit Friday Brass Band Contest
Stockton loved his wife Q more than anything, she let him drink, even though she hated booze. Because of his love for her they went to the Tameside Whit Friday...
Michelle Lovric brings The Puffin to Salt
We’re thrilled to announce that bestselling and award-winning author Michelle Lovric is joining the Salt list with her dazzling new historical novel, The Puffin. Published on 8 October 2026, this paperback...
Michelle Lovric brings The Puffin to Salt
We’re thrilled to announce that bestselling and award-winning author Michelle Lovric is joining the Salt list with her dazzling new historical novel, The Puffin. Published on 8 October 2026, this paperback...
Salt backs short story boom with relaunch of Be...
Salt Publishing is seizing on renewed interest in the short story with a major push for the format, relaunching its flagship Best British Short Stories series with a new cover...
Salt backs short story boom with relaunch of Be...
Salt Publishing is seizing on renewed interest in the short story with a major push for the format, relaunching its flagship Best British Short Stories series with a new cover...