StylusLit

September 2020

Issue 8

Welcome to Issue 8 of StylusLit, where I interview poet, writer, editor and teacher, Mark Tredinnick. There are poems by Mark in this issue which will delight you.

As well, we have poems by renown Greek poet, Tasos Leivaditis, translated by N.N.Trakakis.

Other poets in this issue are Emily Barker, Anne Collins, William Doreski, Elanna Herbert, Julie Manning, Fardowsa Mohamed, Lyn Reeves, Brenda Saunders, and Nathan Shepherdson.

Fiction from Paul Bluestein, Luke Evans, Peter Murphy, Rodney Williams and Natasha Rai.

Finally, read reviews of Ben Adam’s Synonym for Sobriety, Rebecca Jessen’s Ask Me About The Future, L.K.Holt’s Birthplace, and Felicity Plunkett’s A Kinder Sea. 

Enjoy!
Rosanna Licari


Fiction

Lone Wolf
By Luke Evans

Psychic Reading
By Paul Bluestein

The Space Behind The Masks
By Peter Murphy

Trading Name Changed
By Rodney Williams

You Could Make This Beautiful
By Natasha Rai

Poetry

A Poet’s Day
By Anne Collins

Black Swan Moment
By Mark Tredinnick

Calm
By Tasos Leivaditis

Cherry blossom (and other letters from lockdown)
By Emily Barker

Cocktail
By Julie Manning

dry run
By Brenda Saunders

Elsewhere
By Fardowsa Mohamed

Encounters in the Park
By Tasos Leivaditis

Late Light with Whitefaced Herons
By Mark Tredinnick

Magic
By Tasos Leivaditis

on that morning
By Elanna Herbert

silent approach
By Nathan Shepherdson

Stepping Out
By Lyn Reeves

Still
By Mark Tredinnick

The Present-Tense Lacks Genius
By Willaim Doreski

Reviews

A Kinder Sea
By Felicity Plunkett

A Synonym for Sobriety
By Ben Adams

Ask Me About The Future
By Rebecca Jessen

Birth Plan
By L.K.Holt