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Since graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University last year with an MA in Creative Writing, Christopher Witty has divided his time between south-west Wales, France and Manchester. He formerly owned a used bookshop and continues to sell books online, alongside his work as a freelance proof-rea

Dr Claire Griffiths was born of Scotland, landed in England, and hasn't quite found her way home yet. She is Head of Creative Writing at Northeastern University London. Her short stories and flash fiction have been published by Vestal Review, Reflex Press, Litro, 101 Words and Flash Fiction Magazine

Clare O'Dea is the author of Voting Day, a Fairlight Moderns novella and Before the Leaves Fall publishing on 23 of October 2025. Originally from Dublin, Clare has lived in Switzerland since 2003, on the invisible line where the French- and German-speaking cultures meet. Clare has had a varied m

After completing an English degree at Oxford University and working as an actor and arts administrator in London, Clare Owen married a boatbuilder and moved to Cornwall. She squeezes writing (and occasionally performing) around roleplay jobs, renovating a house, bringing up three kids and doing Airb

Clare Reddaway has been writing short stories for some years, having discovered she likes the buzz of reading in front of an audience (the audience claims to like it too). She has read her stories at events and festivals throughout the south west, where she lives, and she runs a live short literatur

By day, Cleo is a current MSc Business with Marketing student at the University of Warwick. By night, she is a writer. She graduated from the University of Exeter with a first-class BA with honours in English in 2019. Her work often draws upon the dark in the mundane, and she finds it most interesti

Clio Velentza is the author of the gothic novel The Piano Room, published 30 September 2021. Clio was born and lives in Athens, Greece. Her writing has frequently been published in anthologies and literary journals, most recently in Popshot Quarterly, in both English and her native Greek. Her sh

Craig Smith is a poet and novelist from Huddersfield. His writing has appeared on iambapoet and the Mechanics' Institute Review, as well as in The North, The Blizzard, and The Interpreters’ House. Craig has three books to his name: two poetry collections, L.O.V.E. Love (Smith/Doorstop) and A Quick