Throwback Thursday: ‘The Lord of Lawn Ornaments’ by Tyner Gillies
Love Thy Neighbour In ‘The Lord of Lawn Ornaments’, by Tyner Gillies, a new neighbour discovers that being undead doesn’t necessarily mean being unloved. And even […]
Month: May 2024
‘Watercolours’ by EC Dorgan
Impaled In ‘Watercolours’ by EC Dorgan, hunks of meat rain down from the sky, and the flesh is made word, in pixels. This story was […]
Throwback Thursday: ‘My Desk’ by Angela Caravan
Working Through Ache ‘My Desk’ by Angela Caravan was second runner-up in our fifth annual Magpie Award for Poetry. Judge Renée Sarojini Saklikar described it […]
Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Magpie Award for Poetry!
These Poems Just Soared! We are delighted to announce the winner and runners-up of the 2024 Magpie Award for Poetry, with commentary from final judge Renée Sarojini […]
‘Flehmen Grimace’ by EC Dorgan
Deep History ‘Flehmen Grimace’ by EC Dorgan twines the animal in the human, the human in the animal, and the ghost in everything. This story […]
Announcing the Shortlist for the 2024 Magpie Award for Poetry!
The Top Ten in the Nest Congratulations to the shortlisted poets for the 2024 Magpie Award for Poetry, each of whom made beautiful a piece of […]
Throwback Thursday: ‘Stella Ryman and the Ghost at the End of the Bed’ by Mel Anastasiou
A Midnight Showing With ‘Stella Ryman and the Ghost at the End of the Bed’ by Mel Anastasiou, we present octogenarian sleuth Stella Ryman’s octo […]
‘Neverender’ by Krista Jane May
Skipping Time In ‘Neverender’ by Krista Jane May, a woman reflects on the passing of time — on the good, the bad, and the beautiful […]
Announcing the Longlist for the 2024 Magpie Award for Poetry!
Wild Birds Fly Congratulations to the nineteen poets longlisted for the 2024 Magpie Award for Poetry, listed here alphabetically by first name. And extra congrats to […]
Throwback Thursday: ‘Family AGM’ by Susan Pieters
Unhappy in Its Own Way With ‘Family AGM’, author Susan Pieters was inspired by the tedium of the grant-writing process to consider what it would […]