TENTS #126 summer 2021
nguage Evolves
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FICTION Winners in the Language Evolves competition for speculative fiction Aroma Therapy Susannah Dawes The Precious Space Tim Byrne The Emily Algorithm Robert Minhinnick NONFICTION The Cape Coast Castle Platter Jo Dahn on a perversely sumptuous-looking artefact of the slave trade Language Evolves Seán G Roberts, Hannah Little, Catriona Silvey on scientists and authors writing stories together The Changing of the Guard Ellie Rees on her disabled son Jack’s move to independent living Science, Me and the Warlock Dee Gee Williams on crossing ‘the worst river in the kingdom’ Marguerite and ‘the Man’ Liz Jones on when Marguerite Jervis, ‘The Queen of Romance’, met Caradoc Evans, the ‘best-hated man in Wales’ Apocalypse, Nawr! Chris Moss on fire and brimstone, surrealism and psychoanalysis, sprung rhythm and blues
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POETRY Bamboo Arrow Aaron Facer Henhouse Syndrome Natalie Crick Dad Tourist Charlie Bird Unexpected Ava Patel Franks Uses his Hands to Relieve the Pain Rachel Morton Pluto Retires... Michael Martin Chicken Soup Jodie Hollander Dear Body Daniel Sluman Self-portrait as Lanternshark, 2003 Cheryl Pearson Arked Elisabeth McKetta
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