Litro Lab Audio

Featuring stories from John Biggs, Simon Kearns, Stuart Snelson, Eli Goldstone, Simon Tonkin and Lauren Seidman. The post Litro #122: Sex appeared first on Litro Magazine .

In the second of his monthly columns for Litro, short story writer and secondary school teacher Alan Gillespie discusses the difficult business of getting teenagers to sit down and do the business of writing, and ponders whether exposure to video games can make or break a story. The post War of the Words appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Cover art is Hematite  (2012) by Sylvia Hommert. Pigment, beeswax, holographic paper, glitter and resin on birch panel, 76.2 x 76.2 cm (30 x 30″). Image courtesy of www.screamlondon.com . December 2012 Letter from the Editor Andrew Lloyd-Jones Short Fiction The Amazing Rain  by Jane Wright The Real Miracle  by Mike Scott Thomson Sniff  by J. A. McCarroll Superstitions  by Ruth Brandt Into the Wood...

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LONDON, Mon, 29 Nov—I’d been eagerly anticipating the Phillip Pullman-Neil Gaiman event on Monday evening, only to see, when I arrived at the Cambridge Theatre’s entrance, an A4 piece of paper tacked on it apologising for Phillip Pullman’s absence, as he was ill. Still, there was Neil Gaiman to look forward to, and as stands-ins: American writer Audrey Niffenegger ( The Time Traveler’s Wife ), who...

From Daniel Knauf’s eerily unsettling and nightmarish horror fable “Bye, Bye Blackbird” to “Flat Pack Pirate”, Sabrina Mahfouz’s slick and chilling tale of domestic paranoia, there’s something to chill even the hardened ghost lover. And if you want your shot of horror laced with a hint of violent realism, we have an exclusive extract from Sam Hawken’s Tequila Sunset to see you through into the mor...

China is impossible to describe. An ancient civilization, a vast nation, the largest population in the world. All true, but what is it actually like? How can we attempt to understand a country with 1.3 billion people? What could possibly be representative? At times it feels like the Great Wall—so vast it can be seen from space—is a mental as well as physical barrier. The post Litro #118: China app...

Leave the slip road, nudge out into the slow lane between a Norbert Dentressangle lorry and a Volvo estate towing a caravan with mint-green go-faster stripes. Wherever that slip road led from, you’re on the motorway now. You could be anywhere. The post The Poetics of the Motorway appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Cover illustration by Henry Mayo Bateman (1887-1970), a British cartoonist. The post Litro #116: Humour appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Aslan apple and almond slice, Fluffy Lucy lemon tart, Peter and the Professor peach tiramisu, white raspberry witches hat, Brownie wardrobe to Narnia… If you were mesmerised by C. S. Lewis’ story of four siblings entering a strange wardrobe and into the magical and frosty landscape of Narnia, you will be delighted to know that the book has inspired an afternoon tea menu at the  Park Terrace Restau...

Cover photographs courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society The post Litro #115: Work appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Cover design by  Luke Bright The post Litro #112: Food appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Cover image by " Mr Brainwash ", the moniker of Los Angeles-based filmmaker and pop artist Thierry Guetta. He has spent the better part of the last decade attempting to make the ultimate street art documentary. Meanwhile, inspired by his subjects, he started hitting the streets, from Los Angeles to Paris, with spray paint stencils and posters of his pop art-inspired images. The post Litro #110: St...

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It was 20 years ago that British photographer Russell Young first lent his eye to celebrity culture. The assignment was photographing George Michael for the sleeve of an album called Faith . That job launched a career and soon Russell was shooting musicians like Morrissey, Bjork, Springsteen, Dylan, REM, New Order, The Smiths, Diana Ross, and many other celebrities. The next natural step was direc...

Cover image is September und Schweigen, Oktober,  2006, 66 x 103cm watercolour on paper. Part of the 2011 Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Courtesy of Galerie Wolfgang Gmyrek Düsseldorf. The post Litro #107: War appeared first on Litro Magazine .

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Cover photograph by  Paige Sinkler , an award-winning writer and photographer currently studying for an MA in Creative Writing at Kingston University. Her fiction and poetry have been published in online and print magazines, including  Litro. The post Litro #105: Science appeared first on Litro Magazine .

A man explains to the rest of the world how America has managed to achieve the "American Dream". The post We Did It by Travis Sentell appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Cover image is Banksy's  Coke Copper The post Litro #104: History appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Here is another chance to listen our recording of last year’s Litro Live! event at the Camden Crawl. Below is an extract from the original post : Litro Magazine, London’s leading free short stories magazine, brings together a slew of leftfield literary and musical talent, both established and new, in celebration of the free spirit of music and words. Words from Philip Wilding, Murray Lachlan Young...

Swedish born Mikaela Westerholm began her photographer career while studying fashion and media in London. After moving to L.A. to continue her studies and gain more experience, she returned to Stockholm, assisting some of Sweden’s most respected photographers. Having freelanced for several clients such as Puma, international online PR firm Edelman and the National Theatre of Sweden, she settled at...

The cover artist is  Maaike Schoorel , with Self-Portrait in Black  (oil on canvas, 2011), courtesy of the  Maureen Palely  gallery, London. The post Litro #102: Dutch appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Cover image is  The Journey by Iryna Yermolova The post Litro #101: Faith appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Cover art is  Stephen Farling 's Boucher: The Back Story , 2010. His exhibition is currently showing at London's Royal Academy of Arts, from 10 Nov - 19 Dec 2010. For more details, please click here . The post Litro #100: South London appeared first on Litro Magazine .