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Driving Corpses for Money

  • August 5, 2015
  • by Brandon Christopher
The following is an excerpt from Brandon Christopher’s book ‘The Job Pirate: An Entertaining Tale of my Job-Hopping Journey in America’.
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The Business End of the Music Business

  • August 5, 2015
  • by Julian Beach
A larger-than-life character provides a constant source of frustration for our music industry insider.
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The Last of the Porn Peddlers

  • August 2, 2015
  • by Laurence Rivers
In a time before wi-fi, Laurence Rivers looks back to his childhood and a particularly didactic incident of buying porn.
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So You’re Socially Awkward Too?

  • July 26, 2015
  • by Deanna Willmon
My daughter is a socially awkward child in a world of tests and labels. At 18, she will be tested for asperger’s syndrome.
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Fear and Loathing in Indonesian Toilets

  • July 25, 2015
  • by Rowan Kane
Any expat eventually has to assimilate into the local culture, regardless of how low you feel you must stoop.
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Millennial Writing Life

  • July 20, 2015
  • by Rosemary May Richings
I’m a millennial, a writer and I have dyspraxia. My history of being socially isolated by my peers has made me stronger and wiser.
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I Survived 27 Surgeries

  • July 12, 2015
  • by Amy Oestreicher
I may not have a stomach but I sure am hungry for life. 10 years and 27 surgeries later, this is my story.
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Desmond

  • July 12, 2015
  • by Laurence Rivers
Laurence’s fragile relationship with Desmond, a drunk kitchen porter.
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Exterminating Angel

  • July 12, 2015
  • by Mark Blickley
Bedbugs, the blood-sucking perverts of the pest world and one man’s journey to rid America of them.
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Not In The Pink

  • July 5, 2015
  • by Tina Martel
When visual artist Tina Martel was diagnosed with Stage 2B breast cancer she decided to document everything. ‘Not in the Pink’ details her experiences.
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The Night Before the Morning After

  • July 4, 2015
  • by Julian Beach
Temptation and I have never been easy bedfellows.
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Favourite Day

  • July 4, 2015
  • by Thomas Cannon
A man tries to flirt with an unsuspecting woman only to discover something he was not expecting.
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Too High Too Far Too Soon

  • June 28, 2015
  • by Simon Mason
An excerpt from Simon Mason’s “Too High Too Far Too Soon”, a revelatory rock ‘n’ roll memoir of a life of drugs, Britpop and spiralling drug addiction.
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A Fire for Help

  • June 27, 2015
  • by Sam DeLeo
It had been years since our father left. Our mother held a secretary job during the day and was no match for Dominic and I working to extend our freedoms.
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Bees to Honey

  • June 26, 2015
  • by Chase Burns
Life and tribulations of a gay millennial living in Minnesota.
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An Interview with Scottish Cult Hero Jesse Rae

  • June 22, 2015
  • by Talking Soup
Talking Soup caught up with the ‘godfather of Scots-Funk’ turned politician, Jesse Rae after the 2015 UK general election.
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The Plumber

  • June 22, 2015
  • by Tadhg Muller
A struggling writer works in a cafe and discovers a secret business operating in his workplace.
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Why I Kill the People I Love…Inside my head

  • June 19, 2015
  • by Katherine Thome
I murder the people I love inside my head. I fantasize about where I’ll go, what I’ll do and how their funerals will be.
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The Best Easter of My Life

  • June 11, 2015
  • by Holly Watson
Found on the shores of The West Midlands, Holly Watson tells the tale of a young girl’s experience growing in 90s Britain. This was an Easter to remember.
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Don’t Ever Become a Nurse

  • June 5, 2015
  • by Imogen Gang
I can honestly say that my decision to become the Florence Nightingale of the 21st Century was probably one of the dumbest decisions I made.
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My Tattoo Dilemma

  • June 4, 2015
  • by Jake Taylor
I want a tattoo, but I don’t want my tattoo to be from Topman, because I’ll see someone with that same tattoo on a Friday night in New Cross.
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Reporting from the Freddie Gray Protest in Oakland

  • June 2, 2015
  • by Joseph Meehan
Writer and activist, Joseph Meehan, reports from the front line of the Freddie Gray Jr. protests in Oakland, CA.
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The Rise of Health Food Porn

  • May 29, 2015
  • by Jake Taylor
Are you #cleanliving or are you a twat? Clean living and liking salad is totally fine, you just don’t have to tell everyone about it.
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Life as a Single Mom

  • May 25, 2015
  • by Lyka Boss
I can say though that since becoming a parent, it has really made me stop and magnify the things in my life that I don’t really like about myself and want to change.
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