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Pigeon – Syreeta Muir
She’s in bed, slowing herself down to one breath per five Mississippi’s. Wants to make the room disappear/reappear/disappear behind her closed eyelids, so it looks just like dusk through a black silk scarf. She’s taming the werewolf in her chest, feeling for the leash inside her that is willing her…
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First release!
Here at Urban Pigs Press we are delighted to announce the impending release of our first book. Life in Dirt is a collection of short stories from our very own James Jenkins. As promised, we are starting small and building from there. This is why we have chosen to use…
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We are open for submissions!
Urban Pigs Press is now open for submissions in short and flash fiction ranging from 500 words to 2500 max. We are looking for stories relating to the above call “Terror in Suburbia”. We are open to a wide range of genres but find that CRIME, HORROR and GRITTY REALISM…
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Dark Edges – Mark McConville
Your world was different from mine. It had sheen, class, and you sat comfortably in it like a child who was contented, drawn to the colours of the paintings you created with optimism nipping at you. Those paintings brought out your personality more than a human being could, they made…
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Dead Swan – Virginia Betts
They found a dead swan in the river today. I was there when it happened; I’d just cut across the skate park on my way to meet my man Dave on the riverbank when this minor drama started to unfold. Like bloody Swan Lake, right there in real life. I…
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Synesthetic Therapy: Decadent Meditation For The Middle Class Eccentric – Bam Barrow
Session 1: The Woe Mule. Can you hear that smell? That! There, over yonder. Betwixt the Cafe Nero and the council flats. Yes. The alleyway between glory and wretchedness where Francis Bellamy used to piss. It’s almost like it was when you were a bairn, but not really. It’s all…
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