An extract from 'Sakura', a short story which forms part of a linked collection

An opening extract from Jennifer Roe's novel-in-progress, 'Temple Lane'

The opening of 'Wildergirls', a young adult novel set on the Outer Banks of North Carolina

The summer I was twenty-one I figured I’d marry Art Carson. I settled on it in the double parlour at Verna Hobbes’ house, the day she married Alden Shirley, when the dance music treacled and I got stuck against the wallpaper with Art’s sister...

'A Drop of Honey' is an extract from Felicity Notley's (yet untitled) novel-in-progress.

Caroline steps cautiously up the front porch, careful not to trip on her skirts, and raps on the doorknob three times with the gold knocker. She’s met with silence...

An extract from Lucy Malouf's darkly comic novel-in-progress, Scoff

A short story by current UEA creative writing student Kristien Potgieter, which tells a tale of ballet, friendship and accidental betrayal.

When I wake up my whole body feels stiff and heavy, my skin tight like I’ve grown in my sleep and now it’s straining to cover twice as much of me...

This is an extract from a novel-in-progress, provisionally entitled, Heartsick. Ellie isn’t supposed to die yet: she’s only twenty-two. But...