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Wensum Literary Magazine @wensumlit.bsky.social · Oct 20
Issue 10 of WENSUM is now available to download and read for free at: wensumlit.co.uk/issue-10-2025

It features work by Anne Frost, Danny Anderson, Shaun O Ceallaigh, Tomasz Lesniara, Lauren Hill, Nemo Arator, R.W. Chapman, Uduak-Abasi Ekong, and Sergey Bolmat.
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Sunsets by Erin Jamieson

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Sunsets by Erin Jamieson
I’ve never doubted that Chester is the love of my life. And yes, I hate phrases like that: love of your life, other half, soulmate. Especially the second two. What happens when your soulmate dies o…
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December 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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This December, we'll continue to showcase some of the pieces that featured in early issues of WENSUM.

Sentinel by Christopher Linforth

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Sentinel by Christopher Linforth
They opened the Life Center a day early. Silver-haired women emerged from the rear of the building in plain grey tracksuits. They jogged over to the stand of jacaranda trees and stood in a line, ey…
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December 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Delighted to have a short story entitled 'Pretty is Pain' forthcoming in Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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I've had a story published by @wensumlit.bsky.social . It's bittersweet and a little sad, but I hope it's good. Find out for yourself, here: wensumlit.co.uk/2025/12/01/i...
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I Hate Mondays by James Mason
Friday lunchtime is always awful. Alone at her desk, Sally eats a prepacked sandwich. The bread tastes wet and sticks to the roof of her mouth. At the empty desks, geometric shapes moil on computer…
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December 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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An Unexpected Meeting by Sara Jane Green

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An Unexpected Meeting by Sara Jane Green
I’d seen her several times before, this woman. Loitering on the steps to our small shopping plaza down the road, wild-eyed in Miller Street, its river of traffic churning around her through canyons…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I Hate Mondays by James Mason

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I Hate Mondays by James Mason
Friday lunchtime is always awful. Alone at her desk, Sally eats a prepacked sandwich. The bread tastes wet and sticks to the roof of her mouth. At the empty desks, geometric shapes moil on computer…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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You Can Stop Crying Now by Molly Corlett

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You Can Stop Crying Now by Molly Corlett
Yesterday, I met a litter of kittens that couldn’t yet see or walk. I think there were five of them. My daughter picked one up by the neck like the cat mothers do, except that she did it with the r…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Our next book, GENTLE NOVEMBER, is due out on 1 December 2025.

Pre-orders soon.

Thanks to the Road Song Books team, Chris, Matt, Cat, David, Sarah & Rose for everything so far.

The lovely Oryx was drawn by @rangerroseroberts

Please support us if you can.
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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On December 1st, we're publishing three new pieces of literary fiction on our website. Experience fresh new stories by Molly Corlett, Sara Jane Green, and James Mason

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November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Dedication by Jared Povanda

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Dedication by Jared Povanda
Bird paints flowers on the walls of what would have been his daughter’s bedroom. Red roses with buttercream centers. Blue tulips with silver leaves. Hundreds, a whole field.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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The Dogs by Stephen Orr

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The Dogs by Stephen Orr
“You’re going to have to try harder, sir.” The old man pushed down on the unmade bed, the yellowing sheets, the stale rugs, the scent of Bill and semen and the true, sea-smelling salt of life.…
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November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Swinney Lane, Insanely New by David Gladwin

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Swinney Lane, Insanely New by David Gladwin
Heated unseasonably, ground baking dry, every lawn shrinks a fingerwidth back. Track. Daily I walk town and country, find newly-mysterious things. Images, scratched into stone and dried earth, made…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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A Scotsman in Prague by John Szamosi

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A Scotsman in Prague by John Szamosi
“I’ve been here ten years and love the place. Prague is a great city; sound economy, a unique culture, affordable housing and a decent selection of lager. Still there’s one thing living among the C…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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We're continuing our retrospective throughout November with It’s Been Burning for a While by Anna Booraem

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It’s Been Burning for a While by Anna Booraem
On the shore, Helen hiked up her pants. She shaded her eyes with a freckled hand. There, way out there. A plume of smoke. What was it? “It’s a barge,” Frank said, shaking out his newspaper and digg…
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November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Wet Blankets by Victor Okechukwu

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Wet Blankets by Victor Okechukwu
Kingsley lay on the straight-small bed in the backyard where they carried him. It was warm under the sagging roof, with a pile of assorted junk in one corner – a dirty motor tyre, sundry split and …
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October 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Footprints by Stefanie Shapiro

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Footprints by Stefanie Shapiro
Her lithe body sprawled across the sand, caking her in dirt, grit, and purity. Her face turned skywards, suntanning, soaking in warmth and light. She walked to the ocean’s edge, dipped her pink-pai…
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October 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Free Hugs by Odi Welter

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Free Hugs by Odi Welter
I give the dying man a hug. Then I take his money. He walks away. Healed. He’s gained a few more years in exchange for a sizable dent in his bank account, and I’ve lost a year of my life in exchang…
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October 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Issue 10 of WENSUM is now available to download and read for free at: wensumlit.co.uk/issue-10-2025

It features work by Anne Frost, Danny Anderson, Shaun O Ceallaigh, Tomasz Lesniara, Lauren Hill, Nemo Arator, R.W. Chapman, Uduak-Abasi Ekong, and Sergey Bolmat.
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Worm by M. L. Owen

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Worm by M. L. Owen
Worm was three steps down the hallway when the voices reached past his ears to his brain. “I’m sorry that I can’t get my patients to schedule their problems to suit your needs.”
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October 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Issue 10 of WENSUM will be available to download and read for free on Monday, 20th October.

It features work by Anne Frost, Danny Anderson, Shaun O Ceallaigh, Tomasz Lesniara, Lauren Hill, Nemo Arator, R.W. Chapman, Uduak-Abasi Ekong, and Sergey Bolmat.
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WENSUM in 2026 Issue 10 is the last issue of 2025 and will also be the last edition of the digital magazine for the forseeable future, but new pieces will still be available to read on the first of…
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October 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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The Colour of Lavender by Merel Schreurs

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The Colour of Lavender by Merel Schreurs
She wore a bracelet of pale purple, and then there was the scent. A continuous bouquet of lavender that followed her like a natural cloud of perfume. He remembered this in particular as if he had w…
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October 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Domino by Anthony Ward

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Domino by Anthony Ward
I preside in darkness. In this coffin. For what seems like eternities. Crammed like sardines with the other twenty-seven. All made of bone. Then, out of the blackness we hear muffled sounds of voic…
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October 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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The Gift by Lui Sit

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The Gift by Lui Sit
Flinging my leg over my red bike, I shunt forward, trundling out of the backyard down the bitumen driveway. Our cul-de-sac is unusually still for late Sunday afternoon in Huntingdale. All the neigh…
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October 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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The Woman of Parts by Fiona Mossman

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The Woman of Parts by Fiona Mossman
From this corner of the house, the corner furthest from the nursery, I can see the track that leads to the forest. The forest at the back of the house is impossible to ignore, especially when you l…
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October 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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This October, we'll be showcasing some of the pieces that featured in early issues of WENSUM, beginning with Until My Dying Day by Lesley Bungay.

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Until My Dying Day by Lesley Bungay
She wanders on the clifftop, lingering near the crumbling schoolhouse. Deserted now for fear of the advancing ocean. Their place. Safe. Far from prying eyes and prejudice. She senses movement, turn…
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October 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM