Salon Showcase - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

Salon Showcase: 'Deceit' by Debra Battersby

'Dill', 'Damson', 'Dates', 'Despair'

Salon Showcase: 'Duloxetine 30mg od' by Penny Shutt

'the will to survive pierced from foil blister packs'

Salon Showcase: 'Dennis' by Rosanna Ogle

'Him wunt no bloody buggering angel. Angel’s chunt going to be under the ground like that.'

Salon Showcase: 'The Dogs' by Ginny Thomas

'It was the first time I had heard of ‘a body’ being buried and I felt confused: if the spaniel’s body was under the woods’ edge, then where was its head?'

Salon Showcase: 'Crab-like' by Jayne Stead

'The crab unfurls like a magician’s hand, one finger at a time.'

Salon Showcase: 'Crayon #C3CDE6 - Periwinkle' by Morag Anderson

'their tiny ears and horseshoe smiles'

Salon Showcase: 'Caterpillars' by Zoe Campbell

'What you don't know is whether any of your caterpillars spun successful cocoons and made it into moths. How would you know?'

Salon Showcase: 'Missed connection on carriage C' by Jordan Garvey

'Their eyes catch, return to their respective screens and in a heartbeat their eyes meet again.'

Salon Showcase: 'Baby gifts' by Geraldine Jeffers

'I would open my arms and say, "Let me hold her, you get some sleep"'

Salon Showcase: 'be' by Frankie Mullen

'I wrapped / mousy hair with / emerald silk'

Salon Showcase: 'The book of my grandmother' by Sue Wright

'She uses a teacup to measure. Does she too love the way the word teacup feels in the mouth when spoken?'

Salon Showcase: 'Breastfed' by Amber Erwin

'The milk dripped from her breasts and onto her belly, ran rivulets down her thighs; miraculous and fecund as the Tigris and Euphrates'