After an impromptu hiatus, Silk + Smoke has a brand new website and we are reopening submissions for our second edition. With a small voluntary team and limited time and resources to work on the […]
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Ride or Die
By Meg Mulcahy We had never seen a double coffin before. One stupid October night, emboldened by whiskey and promise, we crept into Dunboyne funeral home to take a proper look. It had been on […]
Pumpkin
By Gary Henderson “Well you know how we had that packet of pregnancy tests? I was cleaning the toilet and I was going to throw them out because of what we spoke about earlier, and […]
Within the Narrative
By Nicholas Starkey Christ. What is that smell? Oh, yeah. “Oh well,” I announce, stuttering. I stand up and it hits me – my morning ritual. Or perhaps it’s my mid-day ritual. Oh well. It’s […]
Silk + Smoke Issue 1 / Download Now
In her creative writing MasterClass series, Margaret Atwood, critically acclaimed author of The Handmaid’s Tale, Alias Grace, and Oryx and Crake, talks about the classic fairytale, Little Red Riding Hood. To inspire her pupils to […]
News / Silk + Smoke Issue 1 publication cycle
While we’re working through your lovely, gruesome submissions, I thought I’d give everyone some news about our plans for the publication cycle for Silk + Smoke’s first ever issue. Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone […]
Should I study creative writing at university?
Deciding whether or not you want to go to university, no matter what subject you’re interested in, can be tricky. The structure of a degree isn’t for everyone. We all learn and create in different […]
Fact and creative nonfiction
When you snuggle down in your seat at the cinema, popcorn overflowing from the packet and trickling onto the floor, and audible slurps from Ice Blasts echoing throughout the screening before the previews start, there’s […]
9 tips for submitting to literary magazines
Submitting to literary magazines, for the first time or the 100th time, can feel like a minefield. Where should I submit to? Should I write something new just for a specific publication? What kind of […]
A note from the editor
Welcome to Silk + Smoke, a new literary magazine, based in Scotland, looking for strange and absurd stories for our first online issue. There are tons of literary magazines out there. Some with specific, niche […]
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