Ocean Stirrings: A Work of Fiction in Tribute to Louise Langdon Norton Little, Working Mother and Activist, Mother of Malcolm X and Seven SiblingsThe mother of the revolutionary firebrand Malcolm X was a Grenadian woman born at the turn of the 20th century in a small rural community in a deeply colonial society where access to education had only just begun for the children of working people. She emigrated to Canada and then the USA, where she became involved in the struggle for Black civil rights led by Marcus Garvey. Within the sparse facts of Louise Langdon Norton Littles biography, Merle

Flung into the midst of a new language and culture

the long-awaited collection by Samantha Walton

and riding out the end of the world (maybe)

a famed forensic pathologist for the police

Fred Johnston

In prose that shimmers like poetry

from the minutiae of the lichen on its windswept trees to the river which has shaped the valley with its timeless flow

They have no way of knowing that their work will go on to lay the foundation of China’s enterprising tech sector

their right to see themselves in their place of study

set on contemporary Tyneside

The beach is a beautiful

The Happy End / All Welcome is set in a job fair inspired by the Nature Theater of Oklahoma from Kafka's unfinished novel Amerika: the largest theater company in the world is recruiting all kinds of employees