Dear ,

Read.

Drop the pen and listen.

Allow yourself to be immersed in wonder. Let words captivate you.

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We saw this quote while looking up our theme and decided to share.

And then a kind of bleakness about the present and then just a blank space about the future.

—Times, Sunday Times (2016)

News From Headquarters

* Submission for Blank Spaces is still ongoing till 31st August 2025. We accept Poetry and Art (Photography too) No pay for now but, we treat your work with care, nominate for Best Of the Net and will send you a PDF copy.

* First & Second set of responses for submissions made for the Blank Spaces Issue have been sent out.

* The beautiful Naomi Nduta Waweru did us the honour of writing us a review for the Pesky Little Things Issue. It is live on the blog.

* I will paint with words is now available on Amazon as paperback. We are keeping it at $5 only.

* Did you know that it's been more than 5 months since Asleep/Awake by the amazing Sonia Nicholson hit the world? You can leave a review of the Chapbook here.

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