Published in February were:
William P Adams, Mehreen Ahmed, Tabitha Bast, Angela Carlton, Maxine Flam, Steve Gerson, Frank Haberle, Hai-Mo Hu, Gill James, Leonie Jarrett, Sara Knapp, Anne Marie Lyall, Rob Molan, Otancia S Noel, Jacquleine Joyce Ruddell, Allison Symes, David J Traer, Fendy Satria Tulodo, Kate Twitchin, Ken Whitson, Robin Wrigley, S Nadja Zajdman and Imran Zarif
Top performing posts in November were:
The day the mirror shattered was the day I found my freedom. I hadn’t asked to be trapped inside that wretched thing. I hadn’t asked to be...
· Heat by Tabitha Bast Yorkshire tea, Gold 131
You are going back to the old country and nothing will have changed and everything will have changed.
You won’t surprise anyone when you say
‘No’.
· Scín by Jacqueline Joyce Ruddell, espresso 113
Since arriving on Earth, I have existed as an amorphous being. My name is Scín.
Tonight, I listen to the wind whimpering and the gurgling sounds around me as I lie inside my host, a noble steed whose soul senses my presence and wishes for me to leave. I will remain, but I feel the storm outside will pass by tomorrow.
· Resurrection Pass by Frank Haberle, hot chocolate 99
The Gas-Man warned them about the volcano, that sometimes it wasn’t so bad. Sometimes nothing happens at all. Other times, something happens.
· Last Call at the Ambrosia by Ken Whitson, Golden Apple Cider 80
Aphrodite swirls her near-empty tumbler of liquid starlight, one eye on Aeolus and his blasted sundial, the other on Freyja thirstily studying her now empty goblet of Golden Apple cider. 'Hey, sweetie! We probably don't have long before old blowhard over there,' head nodding toward the bar, 'decides to send one of his lesser winds into the last call chimes.'
The Creative Café Project
I added just one café in February, the Mewsbrook Park café .This café makes a real effort to provide activities for the wider community.