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Green Apple Tree
Short Stories

The Apple Tree

Part One – Cricket The ball smashed into the bat and a thunderous crack echoed, it soared over the waist-length fence. The umpire said ‘foul’ and an uproar of deafening cheering, from me. He had a favourite team and…

Short Stories

The Start of Something

The Start of Somethingby Arti Rajput It was a fairy tale. Far removed from a glass-slippers, being woken by a kiss from a coma kind of fairy tale. Instead it’s like a distorted dream with good and bad. It…

Short Stories

Sherlock Sebastian – Planet or Plastic

Sherlock Sebastian by Arti Rajput The water was a creature, its company made her feel invincible. She could take on the world, one flipper at a time. Letting the sun guide her way across the seven seas. Delia bumped heads…

Poetry

Quiet

Wind waves kiss my skin,They say hello to my lashesWhen my tear drops need loosening.I am me. Raindrops land softly on my cheeks,They embrace my tearsWhen they meet.I am me. Crackling fires catch my eyes,They wink and wave at…

Celebrating Birthdays
Opinion Pieces

Celebrate Everything (BIRTHDAYS)

Usually around my birthday I celebrate and do something life-changing. That isn’t an exaggeration. My birthday always marks a new year of my life and it surprisingly also lands when kids are starting university on this side of the…

Nocciolino
Europe Italy Travel

Favourite Italian Words

Do you have a favourite word in a language you know? I haven’t quite decided on my favourite English word, but I have plenty of Italian words that fascinate me. Italian is a beautiful language. I started learning it…

Sea
Poetry

Dear Sea

Dear Sea, I’m slightly unnerved by the distance between you and me. I thought our love was a wave of support, Yet you haven’t come to see me in so long. Being under lockdown doesn’t mean you can’t call…