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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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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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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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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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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 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
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Issue 10 of WENSUM will be released this October, so here's a sneak peek of the cover!
September 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Requiem by Sergey Bolmat

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Requiem by Sergey Bolmat
In the end, I think that we should dispose of our dead in some easy, practical, pragmatic way. Ultimately, we are all just walking bags of dust, aren’t we? Why so much fuss then? What is it all abo…
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Do You Hear Me? by Uduak-Abasi Ekong

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Do You Hear Me? by Uduak-Abasi Ekong
Forgive me, Father, for I will sin unless you come down and tell me not to. But you won’t, will you? No. That’s not your style. You prefer the theatrics of signs and wonders. Signs, like when Mummy…
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September 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Fly Hook by R.W. Chapman

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Fly Hook by R.W. Chapman
You were rinsing your plate in the sink when you found the orange gun. Why was it in the same kitchen cupboard as the lemon soap? You picked it up and your fingers struggled to wrap around the hand…
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September 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Kind words from David Sexton of @wensumlit.bsky.social.
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"A deeply atmospheric tale, rich with tension and dread simmering just beyond the margins..." David Sexton, editor of WENSUM
July 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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How lovely!
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Besides What Is by Anne Frost

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Besides What Is by Anne Frost
We arrive early at the museum, Jean and me. It’s a special event for patrons but my friend has somehow acquired two free tickets. Two, she has emphasised, in order that I might accompany her. She i…
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July 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Not An Exit by Shaun O Ceallaigh

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Not An Exit by Shaun O Ceallaigh
The HiAce van eased to a stop in the train station car park. Ossian’s uncle said nothing. In silence, they emerged into the morning light and slipped behind the van. Ossian took his time, soa…
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July 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Good Enough to Rock and Roll by Danny Anderson

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Good Enough to Rock and Roll by Danny Anderson
Burls threw water over his face and ruffled the tight curls of his thick hair like pigeons did in the fountain in Washington Square Park. In his first week at NYU, he learned how just being in the …
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July 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Issue 9 of WENSUM is out later this month!

The exact date is TBC, but here's a sneak peek of the cover before the full author lineup and release date are revealed...

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June 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Quebec Snow by Mark Keane

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Quebec Snow by Mark Keane
Tony France came looking for me in the garden maze where I was pruning the hedges. “You can leave that for now,” he said. “Mr Davidson has a special job for you.”
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April 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Five Brothers by Courtney Welu

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Five Brothers by Courtney Welu
My first brother died of a disease with no name, or at least a disease with no name seventy years ago. They have presumably named it by now. Only eight at the time of his passing, he was the first …
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Holiday of a Lifetime by Chris Cottom

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Holiday of a Lifetime by Chris Cottom
In June, my mate Mike will be seventeen, so we’ll buy a van, fit it with mattresses, and go continental. It’ll be the five of us from last summer at Sandbanks, except it’ll be St Tropez and no mums…
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April 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Exciting News! Issue 8 of WENSUM is out later this month!

Here's a sneak peek of the cover before the full author lineup and release date is revealed...

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March 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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A Trip to the Library by Tharseo Ziyet Jovita

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A Trip to the Library by Tharseo Ziyet Jovita
Writhing and rolling. Written around his body in the colour pale of dim moonlight was the word pain. Morning comes.He survived. Today is going to be a good day, he’s sure. Food first. Like ev…
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March 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Amniotic Fluid by Luanne Castle

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Amniotic Fluid by Luanne Castle
I look down at my lap and find it gone, replaced by a big bump. Eight months and one more to go. Building a nursery, one small purchase at a time. Circus bears in blue, green, and yellow.
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March 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Inconclusive by Neil James

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Inconclusive by Neil James
When Dr Rajan gave me the scan results, that wasn’t the word I was waiting for. It is, of course, better than the other word. The other word slowly killed my dad. It turned his skin grey, erased hi…
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March 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM