MFA Creative Writing 2024

City Voice 2024 features creative work written by students on the MFA Creative Writing: the second graduating class of the newly designed two-year programme that builds towards the production of a book-length manuscript. Click on the image at left to view the PDF, or scroll down to meet the writers. Happy reading!

Meet the Writers

Sophie Lyon

A 1960s student gets pregnant, reluctantly marries the baby’s father and struggles with the consequences

Peter Fawthrop

A valedictorian facing life beyond graduation falls for his teacher who faces life behind bars

Paula Aamli

Mallory is determined to fix things after his friend disappears in a freak time-accident

Lyn South

Three friends are given magic powers—but can they wield it without losing themselves?

Kassondra Cloos

A humorous, unconventional tale of failed romances, told in reverse. Monica Heisey and Dolly Alderton meet Sloane Crosley

Jonathan Hosgood

When Jake’s double life as a money laundering grifter is threatened, he gambles his freedom on a final audacious con

Imo Scrimger

A know-it-all twelve-year old and an ancient tree spirit – the perfect first babysitting job

Dallas Koelling

A Christian influencer looks for a wife in this offbeat rom-com with a darkly satisfying twist

Catherine Sheffield

The Blue Room is haunted by a ghost – secrets, grief, and the person you can never let yourself be

Blake Snow

Murder. Magic. A train that never stops. To find the killer, Milo might have to lose himself

Ashley Collins

Vivanna’s testimony put her father away. Twenty years later, she searches for clues as to what happened all those years ago

Aderonke Adeola

In Off/Spring, the past collides with the present, Lagos meets London, The 1960s meets the 2000s. It’s about the immigrant experience, post-war Britain, the windrush, class, secrets, the new millennium, intergenerational trauma, love, and most important of all, it’s about family, the people we love but also hurt us the most