Echo’s Favourite Reads of 2024
2024: an eventful year for many. Perhaps it was the happy moments that stood out, those that sparked joy. Or maybe the year looks different to you, having endured trials…
Posted inCreative Hall
Phagia
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The Lazarus Paradox
The following short story contains vivid descriptions of violence, gore, and unethical actions taken in the name of science. Its intensity and subject matter may not be suitable for all…
Posted inReal Talk
Devil in the Door Knobs: A Personal Encounter Of Everyday Items, Curses, and Religion
An Introduction There is often the illusion that the rigidity of science is adamant in disproving the more eerie and whimsical nature of the supernatural. If the baseline for the…
Posted inPassion
The Cuckoo’s Brood
1. Prelude The ducks on Orion’s pond learnt to wear feathers aplomb that were stained black and white, their emerald heads bobbing high against the viridescent currents that carried it…
Posted inCourage
Fata Morgana
The ocean has always loved fiercely, violently, and without reserve. This was the truth Orell Aldwin first learnt, long before his hands folded with age and the softness of his…
Posted inReunions
Mosley Road
When someone’s life was baptised from the start in loss and bruises of lessons hard-learnt, it was difficult to imagine a reality otherwise. He knew blasting Metallica through the cranked-down…
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The Gambler’s Dice (Perception Check)
I can see you following me. Yeah, you. With the slanted cap and the dark flapping coat and the Metallica t-shirt. I’ve known since Ashdown Street that you’ve been darting…
Posted inCreative Hall Poems
The Prodigal Cat
1. Fireworks A new day, an infant dawn Drifting fingers past months long gone Starbursts in the night sky A final bid, farewell goodbye The house doors are unbolted The…
Posted inLove and Relationships Self-help Short Stories
Terminal Velocity
Balance is second-nature. Will is a hawk, lithe presence peering down from forty feet above. The walkway lies - a gorge, a crevasse, splitting the earth down to the rising…