The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For September, we are delighted to publish a new piece by Penny Simpson. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/09/19/s...

Listen to ‘Crusts' by @chrissiegittins.bsky.social on The Lonely Crowd #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/C4GUdP7EZFcF...

‘I was at a loss. I’d just given a couple celebrating their silver wedding a silver teapot of Oolong…’ Read a new poem by @chrissiegittins.bsky.social, our #PoetoftheMonth thelonelycrowd.org/2025/09/15/c...

‘Saved from her kitchen my mother’s tray is black with gold islands scattered like worm casts across its shiny surface – Ragged Island, Samana, Cay Verde.’ Read new poetry by @chrissiegittins.bsky.social, our Poet of the Month thelonelycrowd.org/2025/09/05/p...

The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For September, we are delighted to publish new poetry by @chrissiegittins.bsky.social. The Islands of the Bahamas is online today with more poems to follow throughout the month. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/09/05/p...

‘Blood pooled in the palm of her outstretched hand and a single red tear rolled down her wrist. Truth be known, it turned his stomach.’ thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/10/s...

‘At twelve she owns time, possesses pause. I pray she’ll never know this rule of thirds.’ Read @shaunagilligan.bsky.social’s Rule of Thirds. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/28/r...

‘Blood pooled in the palm of her outstretched hand and a single red tear rolled down her wrist. Truth be known, it turned his stomach.’ thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/10/s...

‘At twelve she owns time, possesses pause. I pray she’ll never know this rule of thirds.’ Read @shaunagilligan.bsky.social’s Rule of Thirds. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/28/r...

Our Poet of the Month for August is @shaunagilligan.bsky.social. Here she discusses the creative process behind the three poems we have published throughout the month. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/28/o...

‘In my candy-floss mind where everything sticks: our fingers are entwined, your plump baby hand still curled tightly around my hair…’ Read @shaunagilligan.bsky.social, our Poet of the Month for August. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/10/d...

‘Blood pooled in the palm of her outstretched hand and a single red tear rolled down her wrist. Truth be known, it turned his stomach. She had been crying and her knickers were on the bathroom floor.’ Read ‘Knickerbocker Glory’ by Lisa Blackwell. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/10/s...

'Self-Butchery In Two Parts' by @shaunagilligan.bsky.social on #SoundCloud on.api-core.soundcloud-stage.com/8hobKEEJjF6L...

Honoured to be Poet of the month for August over at the great @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social Thanks to editor Dr John Lavin for selecting my poems, personal, and the first porm is about changing female bodies and the medical profession.

Read ‘Self-Butchery in Two Parts’ by @shaunagilligan.bsky.social - our Poet of the Month for August. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/04/p...

As starvation worsens by the day in Gaza, the Netanyahu government has been using food as a weapon of war — with complicity from Trump and U.S. taxpayer dollars. This is painful to listen to but here’s what a U.S. Army veteran and Green Beret who witnessed it first-hand recounted to me: