Blog Posts

Starting from Nothing

by Sahlan Diver. I never possessed the desire to be a writer. I was not even a reader, my limited literary recreation advancing no further than Sherlock Holmes. If, in…

Dress Sense

It's shocking that a woman was arrested in Iran for not covering her hair properly. And abhorrent, that the woman was allegedly beaten to death [...]

Speaking Out

In a recent conversation with friends, the following questions came up “When will the need for speaking out about social injustice end? What to do? What to do?” [...]

Something About The War In Ukraine

Unfortunately for Ukraine, it finds itself geopolitically caught between superpowers vying for influence. Not only is it the largest European country, it's the fourth largest exporter of wheat. After its…

Water and Sunset

Water and Sunset I’ve recognised it before, the empathic nature of the sea. It’s not surprising really, as a high percentage of water makes up the human body; our blood […]

Inner Tapping

Inner Tapping Laurens Van Der Post once wrote that the Bushmen of the Kalahari received an inner tapping. I suppose you could also call it an inner voice, and once […]

Artistic Torture

To be an artist, a creative, when inspiration has abandoned you is torture with a capital T. You feel forsaken, lost to any purpose of living. It rips through to…

A Black Hole

The description of a black hole is very synonymous to going into serious depression. It starts with your world slowly beginning to get smaller. It constricts and condenses tighter and…

Memories and Demons

by Rashad CarreI heard a phrase in a movie, “Memories are like ghosts. We can run away from them or face them.” The truth is we're all made up of…

Mental Health

It's hard to be concise with this topic. Probably because it's intertwined with the feelings, and the feelings are complicated; it's what makes us individuals. Oftentimes people don't want to…

Book Launch

We have pleasure in announcing the launch serialisation of the novel ‘FOG NOIR 58’ by Sahlan Simón Cherpitel. This is a black novel depicting love, death and murder. The serialisation…

Cop Pop

I heard a speaker on the radio who was optimistic about man's ability to radically reverse our impact on the climate. He cited how quickly we've absorbed new technologies. And…

Aliens Don’t Come …

In 'War of The Worlds' aliens come to suck the world dry. They come with machines to harvest everything for their benefit. Now look at what's happened since the birth…

Wealth Stealth Pandemic

by Rashad Carre A precocious little beast has grown up to be a real threat to our lives. It’s always existed, but we fed it, nurtured it, and now we […]

The Text Message

by Rashad Carre A few weeks ago, I received a text message. It was from NHS Vacc Book, with the beginning of the message reading Dear Mr. CARR. Seeing the […]

Laura Paterson

CITY OF ANGELS by Laura Paterson The ‘Good Reed Magazine’ publishers are pleased to announce that they have permission from Laura Paterson to print ‘City of Angels’ chapter […]