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Alex Aspden
Alex Aspden is a writer based in London. His short fiction has appeared in multiple publications, most recently in The Interpreter’s House. He was longlisted for the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize in 2022 and has previously been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize.

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Under the Paving Stones, the Sofa

Prize Entry

September 2022

Alex Aspden

Prize Entry

September 2022

The email telling us to return to the office came last week, but I know when I step off the train that I can’t...

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fiction

April 2014

Biophile

Ruby Cowling

fiction

April 2014

– I’m down maybe five feet. I take a moment to thank the leaf-filled rectangle of sky, and with...

poetry

September 2011

The Cinematographer, a 42-year-old man named Miyagawa, aimed his camera directly at the sun, which at first probably seemed like a bad idea

Michael Earl Craig

poetry

September 2011

Last night Kurosawa’s woodcutter strode through the forest, his axe on his shoulder. Intense sunlight stabbed and sparkled and...

feature

November 2015

Anatomy of a Democracy: Javier Cercas

Duncan Wheeler

feature

November 2015

20 November marks the fortieth anniversary of the death of General Franco. And while the insurrectionist’s victory in the...

 

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