CONTENTS #133

AUTUMN 2023

VOICES

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NONFICTION In My Father’s House Memoir by Elizabeth Griffiths The King of Swansea Nonfiction and illustrations by Katherine Cleaver

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FICTION Invisibility Novella preview by Mark Blayney The Signature of Gates Novella extract by Sam Lewis The Visitor Centre Novella extract by Pete Barker The Last Day by Owain Owain Translation preview from Y Dydd Olaf by Emyr Wallace Humphreys

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POETRY Love Poem: Rain Jayant Kashyap Naming Her Hungers Rachael Davey Littoral Rachael Davey It’s Hard to Hear Carson Wolfe Only Accessible by Water Carson Wolfe Unseasonal Graham Mort Moles Graham Mort Sister Dora Arrives in Walsall Laura Stanley The Legend of Sister’s Arm Laura Stanley The Riverfly Census Jackie Wills Under the Hut Jackie Wills

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