I recently rewatched Bridge to Terabithia, maybe that was the inspiration.
Cyrus's work consists of drawings using primarily pen on paper. Using surrealist methods, he explores themes of memories, the imagination, experiences, and the subconscious. Working with intricate details, he encourages the act of contemplation, to appreciate the small things in life and find interest in the mundane. Some of his recent work integrates commentating text that accompanies the drawings.
When I started this sonnet I was surprised to learn there isn’t a consensus for how October 31 transformed into the spooky holiday of today. The poem’s imagery draws from Samhain, a Gaelic festival I experienced while living in Scotland, as well as my childhood memories of trick-or-treating
The poem 'carrie' rewrites a horror classic through a queer lens. Indeed, the male gaze undercurrents of Brian De Palma's 1974 film are re-envisioned through personal references which include distressing experiences on gay dating apps, body dysmorphic tendencies, and same-sex desire.
Italo Ferrante (use my name) is a queer poet who earned a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Warwick. To date, Italo's work has been selected for publication by Poetry Salzburg, bath magg, Cardiff Review, BODY, Lighthouse, Impossible Archetype and Stone of Madness.
The poem is about my thoughts at this autumnal moment. The border between the earthly world and the spiritual realm. Wishing the witches and the spirits could help us to get rid of some nasty things to another world.
I am a multidisciplinary artist. My work explores various aspects including gender equality, cultural diversity, social justice and political issues. Often the materials used are mixed, from textiles and sculpture to installation. I am also an independent curator, writer and producer. My work has been shown in Manchester, London, The Hague, Stockholm, Dublin and Hong Kong.
When autumn arrived in childhood, I thought of the 'Cotton Tree' magazine and kapok trees outside my school, though they never bloomed then. In this poem, I imagine them aflame with red blossoms amid dried leaves, placed outside Hulme Hall—where I lived on a year of burnt harsh browns.
The Golden Hour
A mysterious girl shares a secret bond with a boy through music, finding freedom and joy in the fields whenever he plays his violin.
Jolly Molly Wong
J.M. Wong is a writer from Hong Kong, currently based in the UK. She is the winner of the Northern Debut Fiction Award 2025. Her work has appeared in Popshot Magazine, The Brooklyn Review, Tint Journal, fauxmoir lit mag, missive mag, The Quillkeepers Anthology, and The Hong Kong Writers Circle Anthology. She received the Most Creative Award in the Hong Kong Top Story 2021 competition and self-published her fantasy novel Under Her Cursed Scythe in 2018. She recently earned an M.A. in Creative Writing from Lancaster University.
Erasure Poetry
Nine pieces of erasure poetry created by different artists, using text from Helena Wong’s short stories - “The Golden Hour” and “The Parent-teacher conference”.
This Workshop is hosted by Tammy Cheung.
Erasure artists
(from left to right, top to bottom):
Ian Vines (@vines.ian)
Jeremy Pak Nelson (@jpakneslon)
Sophia (@soufeisi)
Tammy Cheung (@wordsintheflow)
Hannah (@hannahledlie)
Mei Yuk Wong (@meiyukwong4286)
Conni
Cyrus (@chaqpie)
Helena Wong (@jollymollywong)