City Voice 2020 features creative work written by students on the Creative Writing and Publishing MA: the class of 2020. In it you will find short stories and novel extracts in a range of genres, from comedy to coming-of-age narratives, literary fiction to high and urban fantasy. Click on the cover to read the anthology, or discover the writers below. Happy reading!
Meet the Writers
Zarah Goraine
Her past was a wrecking ball, swinging back and forth. She thought she’d left it behind. It crashed back, full-force.
Suyin Tung
Millennial struggles to find her work-life balance.
Sakshi Mehta
There are Six of them. One wants it all. One has no idea.
Pratiti Bhadra
A refugee family looks for freedom through the seven ages of life.
Pia Schumacher
Two girls. One childhood. But growing up is going to change their lives for good.
Leah Francis
Haunting memories, endless grey; Steph knows exactly why she left. But now something, or someone, has called her back home.
Kelly Jeanne Karl
Sudden tragedy. Life of escape, searching, raw and unexpected love.
Jessica Ornelas
A bizarre family takes turns being cosmically punished for killing a sacred bird.
Eleonora Pilastro
A ghost escapes her prison to haunt a young soldier.
Georgina Beasley
‘Two women navigate the aftermath of a political sex scandal
Carlene Fraser-Harris
Migrating to New York, Mara was thrown into the deep end of a life she wasn’t prepared for.
Anastasia Chatzidima
Eneida bears Death’s eyes, Bion wears Life’s skin. Neither should exist.
Ahgia Marisa Washington
A man admired a young woman on his train ride to work and musters up the courage to speak to her.
Angelica Sokolovskaya
Partonia seems happy, but is Zee’s destiny inside an egg?
Andrea Holck
Poor Annie needs so much more than a haircut.
#MeToo Bildungsroman Comedy Coming-of-age Contemporary fiction Creative non-fiction Dark fantasy Fantasy Ghost story High fantasy Historical fiction Horror Life-writing Literary fiction Magical realism Melodrama Memoir New adult Non-fiction Romance Sci-fi Short story Supernatural Urban fantasy Women's fiction Young adult
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