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Short Story of the Month, July: ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ by Tom Vowler
Letter from Dr Albert Hofmann to Ernst Jünger Bottmingen, Switzerland – 16th September 1943 My dear Herr Jünger, I recently read your novel Heliopolis and as ever your writing goes be…
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Short Story of the Month: ‘Tops of the Town’ by Madeleine D’Arcy
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout 2026. For September, we are delighted to publish a new piece, ‘Tops of the Town’, by Madelein…
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The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout 2026. For September, we are delighted to publish a new piece, ‘Tops of the Town’, by @madeleinedwriter.bsky.social. Tou can read the short story here: thelonelycrowd.org/2026/09/13/s...
Short Story of the Month: ‘Tops of the Town’ by Madeleine D’Arcy
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout 2026. For September, we are delighted to publish a new piece, ‘Tops of the Town’, by Madelein…
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Short Story of the Month: ‘Tops of the Town’ by Madeleine Darcy
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout 2026. For September, we are delighted to publish a new piece, ‘Tops of the Town’, by Madelein…
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Short Story of the Month: ‘Tops of the Town’ by Madeleine Darcy
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout 2026. For September, we are delighted to publish a new piece, ‘Tops of the Town’, by Madelein…
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"It was an old-fashioned camera, boxy in shape but oddly baroque in design. It was taller than it was wide, with two lenses set into the front panel. He’d found it in a shoe box in their loft space, wrapped in a silk scarf that was oily on his fingers and smelt vaguely of lavender..."
Very excited to have a short story ('Portrait Photography') included in this upcoming issue of The Lonely Crowd. Especially excited that the cover makes it look like an early Belle and Sebastian album. Preorder here: thelonelycrowd.org/online-shop-...
The Lonely Crowd / Issue 15 – Online Shop – The Lonely Crowd
Issue 15 will be published on September 7th. UK customers can pre-order now and receive free shipping. A Page of Knots – Vona Groarke / Local Colour – Tim MacGabhann / Three Poems – P. C. Evans / A Qu...
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The Lonely Crowd@thelonelycrowd.bsky.social · 2mo agoIssue 15 of The Lonely Crowd will be published on September 7th. Featuring new work from @elfodongo.bsky.social @pcevans.bsky.social @eleanorhooker.bsky.social @jonathangibbs.bsky.social @katefeld.bsky.social @tomvowler.bsky.social @bentufnell.bsky.social & more thelonelycrowd.org/online-shop-...
‘Moonlight Flit’ by Rachel Burns ‘the knock knock of the rent man all the sorry excuses not to pay never enough never enough…’ thelonelycrowd.org/2026/08/23/m...
‘Moonlight Flit’ by Rachel Burns
the knock knock of the rent man all the sorry excuses not to pay never enough never enough leaving in a hurry things we left behind the baby’s blue rabbit things broken in transit gla…
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‘Moonlight Flit’ by Rachel Burns ‘the knock knock of the rent man all the sorry excuses not to pay never enough never enough…’ thelonelycrowd.org/2026/08/23/m...
‘Moonlight Flit’ by Rachel Burns
the knock knock of the rent man all the sorry excuses not to pay never enough never enough leaving in a hurry things we left behind the baby’s blue rabbit things broken in transit gla…
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‘Bernadette Steel sent out of mental maths to see Miss Arrowsmith too dumb to do sums and me sat at the front of the class Sister Francis scratching fractions on the board..’ Read the whole poem here thelonelycrowd.org/2026/08/22/s...
‘St Cuthbert’s School’ by Rachel Burns
Bernadette Steel sent out of mental maths to see Miss Arrowsmith too dumb to do sums and me sat at the front of the class Sister Francis scratching fractions on the board the numbers jumping…
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The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2026. For August, we are delighted to publish three new works by Rachel Burns. ‘Somewhere we are fifteen, dancing at the pub disco‘, is online now with two more poems to follow: thelonelycrowd.org/2026/08/10/p...
Poet of the Month, August: Rachel Burns
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2026. For August, we are delighted to publish three new works by Rachel Burns. The first of these, ‘Somewhere …
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Issue 15 of The Lonely Crowd will be published on Sept. 7th. Featuring new work from Jo Mazelis, John Freeman @glynedwards.bsky.social Lauren Camp, Hugo Kelly, Maeve McKenna, Adrian Masters, Rowena Macdonald, Caroline Stockford, Neil Campbell, Aideen Henry & more thelonelycrowd.org/online-shop-...
The Lonely Crowd / Issue 15 – Online Shop – The Lonely Crowd
Issue 15 will be published on September 7th. UK customers can pre-order now and receive free shipping. A Page of Knots – Vona Groarke / Local Colour – Tim MacGabhann / Three Poems – P. C. Evans / A Qu...
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Issue 15 of The Lonely Crowd will be published on September 7th. Featuring new work from @elfodongo.bsky.social @pcevans.bsky.social @eleanorhooker.bsky.social @jonathangibbs.bsky.social @katefeld.bsky.social @tomvowler.bsky.social @bentufnell.bsky.social & more thelonelycrowd.org/online-shop-...
The Lonely Crowd / Issue 15 – Online Shop – The Lonely Crowd
Issue 15 will be published on September 7th. UK customers can pre-order now and receive free shipping. A Page of Knots – Vona Groarke / Local Colour – Tim MacGabhann / Three Poems – P. C. Evans / A Qu...
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Issue 15 of The Lonely Crowd will be published on September 7th. Featuring new work from Vona Groarke, Alison Moore, Jacob Polley, Richard Milward @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @sarahdavywrites.bsky.social @janefraserwriter.bsky.social @ruthmckee.bsky.social @naomikruger.bsky.social & more
The Lonely Crowd / Issue 15 – Online Shop – The Lonely Crowd
Issue 15 will be published on September 7th. UK customers can pre-order now and receive free shipping. A Page of Knots – Vona Groarke / Local Colour – Tim MacGabhann / Three Poems – P. C. Evans / A Qu...
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The Lonely Crowd@thelonelycrowd.bsky.social · 2mo agoIssue 15 of The Lonely Crowd will be published on September 7th. Featuring new work from Vona Groarke, Alison Moore, Jacob Polley, Richard Milward @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @sarahdavywrites.bsky.social @janefraserwriter.bsky.social @ruthmckee.bsky.social @naomikruger.bsky.social & more
Issue 15 of The Lonely Crowd will be published on Sept. 7th. Featuring new work from Jo Mazelis, John Freeman @glynedwards.bsky.social Lauren Camp, Hugo Kelly, Maeve McKenna, Adrian Masters, Rowena Macdonald, Caroline Stockford, Neil Campbell, Aideen Henry & more thelonelycrowd.org/online-shop-...
The Lonely Crowd / Issue 15 – Online Shop – The Lonely Crowd
Issue 15 will be published on September 7th. UK customers can pre-order now and receive free shipping. A Page of Knots – Vona Groarke / Local Colour – Tim MacGabhann / Three Poems – P. C. Evans / A Qu...
thelonelycrowd.org
Issue 15 of The Lonely Crowd will be published on September 7th. Featuring new work from @elfodongo.bsky.social @pcevans.bsky.social @eleanorhooker.bsky.social @jonathangibbs.bsky.social @katefeld.bsky.social @tomvowler.bsky.social @bentufnell.bsky.social & more thelonelycrowd.org/online-shop-...
The Lonely Crowd / Issue 15 – Online Shop – The Lonely Crowd
Issue 15 will be published on September 7th. UK customers can pre-order now and receive free shipping. A Page of Knots – Vona Groarke / Local Colour – Tim MacGabhann / Three Poems – P. C. Evans / A Qu...
thelonelycrowd.org
Issue 15 of The Lonely Crowd will be published on September 7th. Featuring new work from Vona Groarke, Alison Moore, Jacob Polley, Richard Milward @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @sarahdavywrites.bsky.social @janefraserwriter.bsky.social @ruthmckee.bsky.social @naomikruger.bsky.social & more
The Lonely Crowd / Issue 15 – Online Shop – The Lonely Crowd
Issue 15 will be published on September 7th. UK customers can pre-order now and receive free shipping. A Page of Knots – Vona Groarke / Local Colour – Tim MacGabhann / Three Poems – P. C. Evans / A Qu...
thelonelycrowd.org
‘The participant seemed alone now and, I sensed, having escaped the exchanges of fire, found himself in a village of some kind, the centre of which was made up of a series of mud-huts…’ Don’t miss @tomvowler.bsky.social’s powerful #shortstoryofthemonth thelonelycrowd.org/2026/07/12/s...
Short Story of the Month, July: ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ by Tom Vowler
Letter from Dr Albert Hofmann to Ernst Jünger Bottmingen, Switzerland – 16th September 1943 My dear Herr Jünger, I recently read your novel Heliopolis and as ever your writing goes be…
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Please take time to read this luminous story by @tomvowler.bsky.social. How open-mindedness, and the willingness to innovate, can lead to healing and the evolution of human understanding.
The Lonely Crowd@thelonelycrowd.bsky.social · 3mo ago‘The participant seemed alone now and, I sensed, having escaped the exchanges of fire, found himself in a village of some kind, the centre of which was made up of a series of mud-huts…’ Don’t miss @tomvowler.bsky.social’s powerful #shortstoryofthemonth thelonelycrowd.org/2026/07/12/s...
‘The participant seemed alone now and, I sensed, having escaped the exchanges of fire, found himself in a village of some kind, the centre of which was made up of a series of mud-huts…’ Don’t miss @tomvowler.bsky.social’s powerful #shortstoryofthemonth thelonelycrowd.org/2026/07/12/s...
Short Story of the Month, July: ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ by Tom Vowler
Letter from Dr Albert Hofmann to Ernst Jünger Bottmingen, Switzerland – 16th September 1943 My dear Herr Jünger, I recently read your novel Heliopolis and as ever your writing goes be…
thelonelycrowd.org
thelonelycrowd.org/2026/07/12/s...
Short Story of the Month, July: ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ by Tom Vowler
Letter from Dr Albert Hofmann to Ernst Jünger Bottmingen, Switzerland – 16th September 1943 My dear Herr Jünger, I recently read your novel Heliopolis and as ever your writing goes be…
thelonelycrowd.org
thelonelycrowd.org/2026/07/12/s...
Short Story of the Month, July: ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ by Tom Vowler
Letter from Dr Albert Hofmann to Ernst Jünger Bottmingen, Switzerland – 16th September 1943 My dear Herr Jünger, I recently read your novel Heliopolis and as ever your writing goes be…
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Our #shortstoryofthemonth for July is by the brilliant @tomvowler.bsky.social. Don’t miss ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’: thelonelycrowd.org/2026/07/12/s...
Short Story of the Month, July: ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ by Tom Vowler
Letter from Dr Albert Hofmann to Ernst Jünger Bottmingen, Switzerland – 16th September 1943 My dear Herr Jünger, I recently read your novel Heliopolis and as ever your writing goes be…
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