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- [Blog](https://www.spellbindermag.com/blog/) - Spellnotes The official Spellbinder Blog, a platform for casual conversation between editors, contributors and readers.
- [Mothers, Daughters and the Multiverse: Self-sacrificing Motherhood in Fishya Setiana’s Poem Orange Chicken/Multiverse](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/08/09/mothers-daughters-and-the-multiverse-self-sacrificing-motherhood-in-fishya-setianas-poem-orange-chicken-multiverse/) - Fishya Setiana’s Orange Chicken / Multiverse, published in the Summer 2026 Issue, explores and nurtures the complexity of mother-daughter relationships. Using a contrapuntal structure, Setiana reflects on the notion of the ‘multiverse’, a multiverse which holds different possibilities for the poem’s subject, the mother, or ‘Ma’, all recounted from the perspective of the daughter. At
- [With Love, From the Other Side of the Inbox](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/07/18/with-love-from-the-other-side-of-the-inbox/) - Literary magazines are small acts of enthusiasm disguised as infrastructure. They exist because someone, somewhere, believes a stranger’s sentence can justify a late-night edit, a layout debate in the group chat, or trying to fit one more poem into an issue that was technically finished yesterday. They’re part curation, part gamble, part communal stubbornness, fuelled
- [What We’re Reading: A Creative Nonfiction Summer Reading List](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/07/08/what-were-reading-a-creative-nonfiction-summer-reading-list/) - As a reader who needs to be ‘in the mood’ for a book before I can read it, I struggle to assign myself a reading list which I will actually stick to. I tend to pick up whatever book matches the particular flavour of adventure, nostalgia, or heartache I’m craving, and spend days consuming it
- [How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/06/18/how-to-lose-a-guy-in-10-days/) - A Guide for Nonfiction Writers There are two moments in every writer’s dating life that inspire equal amounts of fear. The first is realising you fancy someone. The second is them realising you write nonfiction. From that point on, every conversation carries a faint air of legal negotiation. Anecdotes are shared with caution, offhand remarks
- [The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Weaponised Domesticity in Bryanna Licciardi’s The Polisher](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/06/08/the-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-weaponised-domesticity-in-bryanna-licciardis-the-polisher/) - Popular murderess icons are a dime a dozen, and one such icon exemplified in Bryanna Licciardi’s The Polisher is ‘The Monstrous Homemaker,’ where weaponised domesticity transforms a comely figure of nurture into something lethal. Characters such as Pearl in Pearl are trademarked to rupture their simple, sweet shell of femininity and docility, like a boiling
- [Nostalgia: The Art of Remembering Wrong](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/05/20/nostalgia-the-art-of-remembering-wrong/) - Nostalgia was once treated as a medical condition rather than an emotion. In 1688, Swiss physician Johannes Hofer used the term to describe the intense homesickness experienced by soldiers living far from home. Derived from the Greek nostos (return home) and algos (pain), it referred to a form of longing intense enough to produce physical
- [What We’re Reading: A Witness to Violence in Marvel Moreno’s December Breeze](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/05/08/what-were-reading-a-witness-to-violence-in-marvel-morenos-december-breeze/) - Amidst the humidity of a Cartagena night, I lay awake beneath the lethargic chug of an overworked air conditioner, excited to visit my family’s home city for the first time. I tried to imagine the families that had once lived in that colonial-style home in Centro Historico, now carefully preserved as an Airbnb; perhaps the
- [The Crease Effect: Intimacy in Action Lines](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/04/18/the-crease-effect-intimacy-in-action-lines/) - In the midst of the third millennium’s chaos and apocalyptic predictions, the waitress serves my cappuccino and calls me ‘honey’. The café is small, peculiarly quaint: five tables and a slightly askew picture of the New York City skyline. The doorbell jingles and in walks the waitress’s partner, daffodils in hand and the certainty of
- [Naughty Little Creatures: Roger D. Anderson’s Humorous Take On The Harmless Paper Clip](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/04/08/naughty-little-creatures-roger-d-andersons-humorous-take-on-the-harmless-paper-clip/) - Our Winter 2026 issue includes many exciting pieces, but one in particular stayed with me. Paper clip sex by Roger D. Anderson is a quick, humorous expression of joie de vivre made in just a couple of rough brushstrokes, the rich colours of which are as vivid as an oil painting, and just as memorable.
- [The Cost of Being Creative: Fighting Class Exclusion in the Arts](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/03/18/the-cost-of-being-creative-fighting-class-exclusion-in-the-arts/) - The arts have a favourite myth: that creativity drifts as freely as a neighbour’s cannabis smoke, provided one endures a little aestheticised discomfort. It takes place in a charmingly decaying flat somewhere near the Thames, shared by five people, filled with second-hand furniture, mismatched mugs and at least one tote bag from a gallery opening.
- [CRAFT TOOLS: Deus Ex Cista](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/02/18/craft-tools-deus-ex-cista/) - One of the things I love most about writing poetry is the freedom offered its author. It’s said that poets see the world differently, which is why poetry can sometimes strike those more familiar with fiction or drama as challenging, even weird. I’m not sure if I believe in an essential point-of-view shared by all
- [What We're Reading](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/02/08/what-were-reading/) - We the editorial staff of Spellbinder believe the writing we take in is just as important as the writing we produce. Whether focusing on texts within their own genre or taking inspiration from other parts of the literary world, many of the greatest writers we know are also great readers! Unsure what you should look
- [CRAFT TOOLS: (Word) Clouds In My Coffee](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/01/18/craft-tools-word-clouds-in-my-coffee/) - In the recent film, Come See Me In The Good Light, a documentary about the life, art, and death of beloved poet Andrea Gibson, there’s a scene where Gibson talks about putting together their first book and how their publisher, exasperated, told them, “Andrea, all these poems have the same words rearranged in a
- [An Interdisciplinary Approach to Writing](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/04/07/an-inter-disciplinary-approach-to-writing/) - There is a long-standing cultural study of and interest in the cross-over between visual arts, music and literature. Critics have written a lot about how these forms can complement and inspire each other, and artists have often sought an interdisciplinary approach in order to expand the horizons of their particular form. If you are interested
- [Mind and Voice: Writing Experiments](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/04/13/mind-and-voice-writing-experiments/) - The mind and the voice are important aspects to consider when creating literary characters. Read on for discussion resources in relation to this. Many writers have attempted to explore the workings of the human mind through language. You might want to think about how the mind is commonly associated with reason whilst the heart is
- [A Guide to Galleries](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/04/21/a-guide-to-galleries/) - If you are an artist, you will want to look at successful works that have achieved widespread acclaim. This will inspire you and assist you with your technique. Even if you're not an artist, it's still fun to visit galleries and appreciate the beautiful diversity of artworks on display around the world. This guide will
- [Spaces and Places](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/07/10/spaces-and-places/) - Read on if you are interested in activities relating to the construction of settings in fiction works or the production of travel writing as a nonfiction genre. The setting of any piece of fiction is extremely important and will make a huge difference to the type of work you end up writing. To practice the
- [A Guide to Literary Museums](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/10/06/a-guide-to-literary-museums/) - If you are a writer, you will want to learn about successful works that have achieved widespread acclaim. This will inspire you and assist you with the development of your ideas. Even if you’re not a writer, it’s still fun to visit museums and appreciate the stories behind great creators. This guide will list some
- [An Interdisciplinary Approach to Art](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/10/06/an-interdisciplinary-approach-to-art/) - There is a long-standing cultural study of and interest in the cross-over between visual arts, dance and magic. Critics have written a lot about how these forms can complement and inspire each other, and artists have often sought an interdisciplinary approach in order to expand the horizons of their particular form. If you are interested
- [An Introduction to Free-form Writing](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/01/20/an-introduction-to-free-form-writing/) - This post will introduce you to free-form writing, a technique which is extremely useful and versatile. As a writer, it can often be easy to be overcritical. We can all get bogged down in overanalysing what we have written or agonising over what we write next. Sometimes, we may not know what to write at
- [Art and Mystery](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/02/18/art-and-mystery/) - This post will explore the relationship between art and mystery. I will look at a couple of my own favourite pieces of art. However, the points I will touch upon can also apply to your own personal favourites too. Mystery often serves an important purpose within art. A painting can create a small slice of
- [Writing Tips: Mind Mapping](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/05/23/writing-tips-mind-mapping/) - This blog post aims to introduce you to the concept of mind mapping, which is a really helpful tool to use if you are ever stuck on working out details of character or setting in particular. Simply put, mind maps are a way of tracking and organising information. They can also be really useful in
- [Writing Resources - Character](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/06/18/writing-resources-character/) - Character is a key element of prose writing, whichever form – short story, play, novel – that might take. Characters are often at the heart of a story. They drive it forward. For readers, they are often the reason we keep reading something. We want to find out more about a character’s motivations or thoughts.
- [Art Resources - The National Gallery](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/06/29/art-resources-the-national-gallery/) - This blog post is all about the National Gallery in London and the inspiration it can provide. It will also focus on the Gallery’s website, which is an excellent place from which to draw resources. I was in London this weekend with my partner. It had been my responsibility to plan a day out but
- [Writing Tips - Setting and Character](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/08/08/writing-tips-setting-and-character/) - This season’s writing tips post is going to focus on the relationship between physical setting and characters. I have come up with what should be a fun and challenging writing exercise which will allow you to consider the importance of these two important elements of fiction writing. Setting – by which I mean the physical
- [Writing Resources - Short Stories](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/10/01/writing-resources-short-stories/) - Sometimes, it feels as though writing short stories or flash fiction can be harder than writing a full-length novel. You may be limited to a relatively short word or page count. You might not have any idea how to come up with a storyline that will fit into the length required for a short story.
- [Writing Tips - Editing](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/12/04/writing-tips-editing/) - In previous blog posts I have spent quite a lot of time looking at ways in which you can start writing. Today I thought I would do something a little different, and look at the art of what you do once you have finished writing: editing. In my own writing, I am often guilty of
- [Art Tips - Creating from Nature](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/03/02/art-tips-creating-from-nature/) - In this week’s blog post, I’ll be exploring ways in which the natural world might be able to inspire you in your art. Many of you might already paint, draw or create other forms of art using the natural world and all within it as inspiration, but hopefully you might find some tips below that
- [Writing Tips  - How to get unstuck from the writing process](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/06/03/writing-tips-how-to-get-unstuck-from-the-writing-process/) - *sighs* If only we could just transfer all the vibes and bits of ideas in our heads into our Word doc and magically have it arrange all the planning so all we have to do is write. And in correlation to what a friend of mine had said about how it is we don't have
- [Researching and Writing Greek Mythology](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2025/03/03/researching-and-writing-greek-mythology/) - My strongest memory from my time as a Classics student is of writing an essay on the various representations of a minor goddess in Ancient Greek vase paintings. I poured over all sorts of resources, studied images, essays, and even read an entire (albeit, rather short) book on the goddess herself. All for one five-page
- [Writing Tips - Show, Don't Tell](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2025/03/24/writing-tips-show-dont-tell/) - “Don’t say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we’ve read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me.” - C. S. Lewis I’m sure every writer has heard the phrase ‘show, don’t tell’ at some
- [Writing Tips - Free Indirect Discourse](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2025/05/19/writing-tips-free-indirect-discourse/) - Our characters always seem so lively in our heads, don’t they? As writers, we’re privy to their every thought, every reaction, every heartbeat. The problem is, how can we bring that level of intimacy to a reader so that our characters are just as real to them as they are to us? One of the
- [Writing the Mind in Motion: Tips and Resources for Stream of Consciousness](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2025/11/18/writing-the-mind-in-motion-tips-and-resources-for-stream-of-consciousness/) - Stream of consciousness is often described as the most intimate of literary techniques. It tries to capture the mind as it actually functions: layered, looping, distracted, luminous, contradictory. For writers it can feel liberating and disorienting at once. How do you capture the quicksilver movement of thought without losing the reader? How do you preserve
- [Winter 2023 - Poetry](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/02/01/winter-2023-poetry/) - 'A Dragon Curled Around My Heart' by Quinn Murphy 'In my chest, a dragon curls, Around my beating heart. To guard it from the many Who would see it pulled apart.' Quinn Murphy's poem 'A Dragon Curled Around My Heart' was the opening piece for Spellbinder's Winter 2023 Issue. It employs the ballad form well
- [Winter 2023 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/02/05/winter-2023-fiction/) - Like Sardines by Douglas Jern The passenger layer now reached the tops of the seat backs, and newcomers had to climb up it to get inside, and climb it they did. Nothing seemed to faze them. Before long even the luggage racks were full of people, who lay there looking bored as the train rolled
- [Winter 2023 - Non-fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/02/17/winter-2023-non-fiction/) - Alone with a Book is an excellent piece of creative nonfiction which we are very proud to have published in the Winter 2023 Issue of Spellbinder. Overall, Alone with a Book is really lovely, well-written and funny, but it doesn't stop there. In this piece, the author Stephanie Shi beautifully examined the loneliness and connection
- [Winter 2023 - Art](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/02/19/winter-2023-art/) - 'She’s Got Mirth but I Got Bravado' - Alejandro Gonzalez Alejandro Gonzalez’ digital illustration 'She’s Got Mirth but I Got Bravado' is a wonderful piece of artwork that I won’t easily tire of appreciating. Alejandro’s inspiration for the piece was a fusion of several feelings and ideas he experienced that translated to art whilst sitting
- [Winter 2023 - Drama](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/02/26/winter-2023-drama/) - ‘The set is meant to look like a PATH IN THE WOODS, very gothic and dismal.’ And with that, I was hooked. ‘Donkey Skin: A Monologue’ by Carly Chandler was a fantastical monologue from the point of view of ‘Donkey Skin’, a young woman running away from home in the dead of night. She stops
- [Spring 2023 - Poetry](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/05/13/spring-2023-poetry/) - 'Summer Solstice, 4:53am' by Danielle Gilmour 'I move so slowly through the acresthat my legs are dewy.The waters of the estuary are coming -or going - I'm unsure which butwhichever they are they don't need to ask' Danielle Gilmour's poem 'Summer Solstice, 4:53am' is about giving birth. This subject matter is explored with a beautiful
- [Spring 2023 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/05/13/spring-2023-fiction/) - From time to time, a man would walk down O’Connell Street with a troupe of dancing bears. Now, this was not, in itself, unusual. A great deal is packed into those two opening sentences of Quigley Cryan Brockbank’s The Dancing Bears of O’Connell Street, and they do what every good short story opening should do.
- [Spring 2023 - Nonfiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/05/31/spring-2023-nonfiction/) - Saltwater, or how witchcraft led me to address my guilt and grief by Madeleine Brown Saltwater, or how witchcraft led me to address my guilt and grief is an excellent piece of creative nonfiction which we are very proud to have published in the Spring 2023 Issue of Spellbinder. Overall, Saltwater is a beautifully written
- [Spring 2023 - Drama](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/06/01/spring-2023-drama/) - ‘The Nightmare Began When I Woke Up’ EVELYN: I guess we should start?EDITH: I guess so.EVELYN: My name is Princess Evelyn, and I was recently awoken from a sleepingcurse.EDITH: My name is Princess Edith, and I was recently awoken from a sleeping curse. By Kaylon Willoughby A fairytale retelling in a princess support group.Snow White
- [Winter 2024 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2024/06/28/__trashed/) - It’s rainy season in Jakarta with 78 percent humidity, according to the weather forecasts, but you always wake up dehydrated. Bunda says it’s because you eat too much MSG. Or, more precisely, you keep ordering food from restaurants that clearly use MSG and other artificial flavoring. She tries to teach you how to cook tempe
- [Winter 2024 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2024/02/11/winter-2024-fiction/) - It’s rainy season in Jakarta with 78 percent humidity, according to the weather forecasts, but you always wake up dehydrated. Bunda says it’s because you eat too much MSG. Or, more precisely, you keep ordering food from restaurants that clearly use MSG and other artificial flavoring. She tries to teach you how to cook tempe
- [Winter 2024 - Poetry](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2024/02/17/winter-2024-poetry/) - The Aldgate Horses - LJ Ireton Now cool in the fountain - A memory of earth water; Squelching feet in fields With cleaner conscience, Louder heartbeats. The speaker conveys admiration for one of the bronze horse statues in London. A memory of earth water, under stone readings of oxygen. These are highlights of some of
- [Winter 2024 - Nonfiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2024/03/24/winter-2024-nonfiction/) - In Crash Test Dummy, Rose Mason delivers the universal anxiety of driving and thrusts with a tone so frank and forthright that the emotional dreamscape of subconsciousness and the clinical morbidity of facts merge together, inviting the reader along the inner-most routes of the narrators mind only to confront them with critical questions about male-oriented road safety that leaves the female driver and passenger inherently in danger.
- [Winter 2024 - Art](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2024/03/27/winter-2024-art/) - 'To The Island' - Christopher Woods ‘To The Island’ reveals a melancholy, black and white snapshot of passengers traveling to an island by watercraft. The first word that appeared in my mind’s eye, when I saw this photograph, was loneliness. Also, when we think of island, many connect the word to isolation. In this interpretation,
- [Winter 2024 - Drama](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2024/04/06/winter-2024-drama/) - ANNA Well. I mean ... “friends” is a strong word. REFLECTION A temporary truce? ANNA Maybe. They smile at each other. REFLECTION Go get ‘em, Anna. ANNA Right back at ya! Being an actor is a funny thing. Dressing up, playing make believe, small rituals, doing warmups and exercises that may look strange to outsiders.
- [Winter 2025 - Drama](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2025/01/21/winter-2025-drama/) - HIM Aren’t you going to ask why I’m here? HER No. But unless you hurry things up, you’re going to be more of a murder victim than a suicide. HIM Are you threatening me? HER Yes. HIM You can’t make me jump. HER No, but I can make you fall. I doubt oblivion will quibble
- [Autumn 2025 - Drama](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2025/11/08/autumn-2025-drama/) - OTTO And we carry around your little bags. Always carrying around bags of things you don’t need. Bundles of yarn. Sweaters for kittens we don’t have. An old Bible you know nothing about. Bottles of paint and brushes. Crumpled receipts that are two years old. What do you need all that shit for? I once
- [Our Enemy, Ourselves: Anxiety Personified in Elizabeth Ingamells’ My Friend, the Hag](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/01/08/our-enemy-ourselves-anxiety-personified-in-elizabeth-ingamells-my-friend-the-hag/) - Featured in the Winter 2026 issue of Spellbinder Magazine, Elizabeth Ingamells’ My Friend, the Hag uses an evocative personification of anxiety itself to guide our understanding of a cruel condition commonly endured by others.
- [Soil Under My Fingernails: Queer Identity in Timothy Ngome’s Where the Petals Remember My Name](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2026/03/08/soil-under-my-fingernails-queer-identity-in-timothy-ngomes-where-the-petals-remember-my-name/) - It was absurd - to argue with something that photosynthesized my guilt - but the absurdity thrilled me. Maybe that’s what queerness is, I thought: the pleasure of breaking form, of wanting in directions that defy taxonomy. It was absurd - to argue with something that photosynthesized my guilt - but the absurdity thrilled me.
- [Autumn 2022 - Drama](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/12/02/autumn-2022-drama/) - French Knickers by Patricia M Osborne Patricia M Osborne’s piece featured in our latest issue, French Knickers, proves to be a wonderful and engaging character monologue. The stage description of the character’s entrance sets the entire mood: she walks in carrying a bottle and a glass of red wine. She flops into the armchair, kicks
- [Language-themed Prompts for Autumn](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2025/07/07/language-themed-prompts-for-autumn/) - Spellbinder submissions for the Autumn 2025 Issue are open until August 14th! We’ll be sharing some prompts over the coming weeks to inspire your creativity during this submission period. For this autumn, we are proposing that you consider language as a subject for your writing. Whether you already speak multiple languages or hope to one
- [Autumn 2021 - Art](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/12/10/autumn-2021-art/) - Chien et Loup Alison Gallego Alison Gallego’s photography piece ‘Chien et Loup’ is a wonderfully atmospheric image, capturing three shadowy figures looking out over the expansive Parisian skyline as the sun is setting. Muted pink clouds paint the sky above and the golden evening glow of the city warms the streets the light has deserted.
- [An Interview with the Editors](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/02/18/an-interview-with-the-editors/) - The first episode of Spellchats is here and we hope you are as excited as we are. The first introductory episode is an interview with Editor-in-Chief Amber Kennedy and Nonfiction Editor Linda Arrighi. Get to know all the ins and outs of Spellbinder by listening to the first episode! Hosted by Doriana Dyakova. TRANSCRIPT: DD:
- [Autumn 2021 - Drama](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/12/14/autumn-2021-drama/) - The Mormons 'PASTEL But John, my spirit! It was a calling in my spirit that there’s some unrighteousness afoot in the church, John, and it needs a tender weeding to resurrect the trueness, John, the principles of Christ. If we’re to follow, John, we must follow Christ. I simply made a motion to return to
- [Witches and Wizards](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/11/04/witches-and-wizards/) - This post will offer some guidance to help you respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram prompt, and will be especially useful for script writers. Write a scene or a script about a modern witch or wizard. Explore this unusual character, their dreams and fears, and how they navigate the world. Delve into the stark contrast
- [Autumn 2021 - Nonfiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/12/12/autumn-2021-nonfiction/) - Take Me Home Hudson Hess I remember catching a moment from a movie back in time, one of those the TV keeps running reruns of. I don’t recall the exact words, but the female lead strikes an uncanny comparison between Memories and a Box of Candies. Once opened, the box is difficult to let go
- [Summer 2021 - Poetry](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/08/18/summer-2021-poetry/) - Heartsong Oh, you've done it now, you chancer;You've burrowed all the way downAnd set up shop in my warm and sticky centre. Your filthy crackling laughRattles my bones awake each morning,And your honey-thick hum soothes them to sleep each heavy evening. Sinéad Mooney We published many memorable poems in our last issue, so it was
- [Autumn 2021 - Poetry](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/12/09/autumn-2021-poetry/) - Open Roads and Roadblocks “Sun streaking a face full of melody, hair dancing to the music of the wind and sunglasses reflecting mirrors on this brush-stroked morning. Her hands playing the strings on my battered blue jeans and our bodies clicking and jazzing along with the weaving back road.” Matthew McGuirk The Autumnal Issue of
- [Autumn 2021 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/12/11/autumn-2021-fiction/) - Simulacrum Because I love you so much, I will not let the earth have your body. You are too good for it. Instead, I find new jars for your spine, multiple ones, vacuum-tight, and within them, I organize your vertebrae alphabetically and by length and seal them. I love you to pieces. Samantha Liu This
- [Finding the Unidentifiable](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/09/22/finding-the-unidentifiable/) - This post should inspire you to think creatively in relation to the following prompt and is especially targeted at script writers. Create a scene where characters feel a spiritual or unidentifiable energy and interact with it. Play with how the different characters react and express their opinions and beliefs surrounding the existence and authenticity of
- [Crazy Collage Creatures](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/10/19/crazy-collage-creatures/) - This post will offer some guidance to help you respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram prompt, and will be especially useful for artists. Draw or paint a creature which is a mix of unrelated things. Here are some examples: sand + frog, plant + octopus, fluff + dinosaur, peach + llama. Have fun and come
- [Finding the Lens](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/09/15/finding-the-lens/) - This post should inspire you to think creatively in relation to the following prompt and is especially targeted at photographers. While you are on holiday, try and explore the artistic potential of the places and views you see with the aim to produce holiday pictures that are different and unique. Suggestions for Photographers Finding a
- [Slipping into strangeness](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/06/14/slipping-into-strangeness/) - This post should inspire you to think creatively in relation to the following prompt and is especially targeted at fiction writers. Write a surrealist poem or flash fiction piece. To do this, you can first write your piece as you would normally do. Then, you can play with it by swapping words or part of
- [Magical Matter](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/10/27/magical-matter/) - This post will offer some guidance to help you respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram prompt, and will be especially useful for fiction writers. Write a fiction piece about a magical but otherwise ordinary looking object. How is it magical? How did it become that way? Who will find out about its secret powers? Will they
- [Summer 2021 - Art](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/09/21/summer-2021-art/) - Limelight Despy’s collage primarily depicts an alluring Marilyn Monroe, with her signature blonde curls, grasping a white sheet while covering her chest. Reminiscent of the famous Douglas Kirkland photoshoot in 1961, the image is both sensual and yet vulnerable. A decadent chandelier hangs in the background and a cut open lime is positioned just above
- [Visual Art Communities](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/10/06/visual-art-communities/) - This post will share a few of my ideas for getting the most out of visual art communities and suggest some activities which may be useful in this sort of setting. If you are part of an art club, it is always enjoyable to produce something collaboratively. This works most effectively when you utilize the
- [Finding the Extraordinary](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/09/08/finding-the-extraordinary/) - This post should inspire you to think creatively in relation to the following prompt and is especially targeted at nonfiction writers. Choose a common, trivial or otherwise unremarkable memory and describe it in the most dramatic and absurd way possible, with the aim to grab the reader's attention. Suggestions for Nonfiction Writers Modernist literature developed
- [People in Plots](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/08/04/people-in-plots/) - Let's begin by thinking about character... Warm up: Think about what constitutes effective character creation. Are these characters relatable? Are they consistent? Do they have recognisable qualities? Think about your favourite fictional character and consider why you like them so much.Think about the importance of names within fiction and how you might go about selecting
- [Summer 2021 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/08/12/summer-2021-fiction/) - The Mythology of Althea & Keegan “Christ,” the pelican said, pressing the tip of his wing to his forehead. “Does either of you have a vape pen?” “No!” Keegan exclaimed, looking appalled. Althea dug in her purse and handed one over. “Here you go,” she said. “Thanks.” He sparked it and inhaled deeply, coughing and
- [Writing Routes](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/10/06/writing-routes/) - The literary arts is a very broad field which this post will attempt to navigate. This is designed to encourage you to experiment with different forms and submit work to our magazine that does not fall into the more common categories of the short story and the poem, although we love receiving these too! Poetry
- [Halloween and Valentine's combo](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/08/14/halloween-and-valentines-combo/) - Writing for a particular occasion is always fun and provides a useful cultural touchpoint to get your imagination flowing. In this post, I will suggest a number of activities which groups can do near to Halloween and Valentine's day. First we will look at the genre of horror which is apt for Halloween-inspired writing. Thinking
- [Convictions and intoxications](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/08/10/convictions-and-intoxications/) - This post will be a fun resource combining the themes of politics and intoxication in relation to writing and artwork. First we will begin with politics... Some opening thoughts A commitment to politics requires a strong dedication to the use of words to craft engaging and informed arguments. Creative writing is a great place to
- [Summer 2021 - Drama](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/07/16/summer-2021-drama/) - ‘I want to tell you about something that happened to me. It’s about the ocean. And about fear.’ – The Whales by Christopher Woods. We have been thrilled to launch our new Drama section in this Summer 2021 edition of Spellbinder. Each of our published pieces has its own unique energy with strong characters, style
- [Dramatic Characters](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/06/09/dramatic-characters/) - This post should inspire you to think creatively in relation to the following prompt and is especially targeted at stage and screen script writers. Write a detailed bio for two opposing characters. Make sure you clearly know what they want and need! Once you have done this, try placing your characters in an everyday situation.
- [Springtime Thoughts](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/06/03/springtime-thoughts/) - This post should inspire you to think creatively in relation to the following prompt and is especially targeted at creative nonfiction writers. Write or draw about something that makes your heart soar this spring. Are you planning a road trip? Do you finish university soon? What excites you about the near future? Suggestions for Nonfiction
- [Spring 2021 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/05/27/spring-2021-fiction/) - Ham and Asparagus, and Stamps 'When we finally made it to the green, we found the pond hadn’t quite frozen through, only we didn’t know that until we stepped in and got boots full of slush. I said we should go home and make some popcorn, but Eva was bent on having a good time.
- [Spring 2021 - Poetry](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/05/20/spring-2021-poetry/) - Doll Strings I pulled her out of my headand snapped the doll strings, one by one. Her intestines slap-stung my knuckles like spiteful elasticand I pulled and pulled them,trying to hurt her back. Then I tried to send her away,but the doll strings coiled upand tightened around my neck. She was out of my headbut
- [Spellbinder and ENIGMA in collaboration: Tips from the Editors](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/05/18/spellbinder-and-enigma-in-collaboration-tips-from-the-editors/) - This is a very special blog post to celebrate the collaboration of Spellbinder magazine with Exeter University’s creative writing society and their literary journal, ENIGMA. Spellbinder has been fortunate enough to receive a number of submissions from the talented student community in Exeter, a number of which have been published in the Winter and Spring
- [Influenced and Inspired](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/05/12/influenced-and-inspired/) - Originality is a weighty term that is often overstated as the hallmark of a great artist. However, everyone is influenced and inspired by their predecessors. In fact, learning from those who have gone before you is an essential part of any artistic process. The trick of innovation is not just conjuring something up out of
- [Spring 2021 - Nonfiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/05/11/spring-2021-nonfiction/) - Red 'She drove my little brother to hockey practice, taste-tested when my older brother tried recipes from the towering bookcase of international cookbooks she’d bought him. She continued working her shitty job, played Solitaire on the computer, whipped out her little red wallet to cover extortionate dinner checks before any of us could see her
- [Spring 2021 - Art](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/05/05/spring-2021-art/) - A Shadow Of My Former Self Anne Moore We have had the pleasure of communicating with Anne about her inspirations and intentions behind this fantastic photograph artwork, 'A Shadow Of My Former Self'. Anne is currently studying for a Masters in Film Theory at Exeter University. Perhaps her study of motion pictures has inspired her
- [Write Every Day](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/03/17/write-every-day/) - You may have seen that we have already posted tips about making art your hobby; now we've created the following post for writers looking for some guidance for their craft. This is suitable for creators of poetry, fiction and nonfiction, and should be useful for amateur and experienced writers alike. Location Whether you wish to
- [Writing Walks](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/03/13/writing-walks/) - This post should inspire you to think creatively in relation to the following prompt and is especially targeted at short story and flash fiction writers. Write or draw something about a winter walk. I'm not talking about an ordinary walk, but one where something absurd happens and your protagonist has to step up and make
- [Artistic Avenues](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/03/04/artistic-avenues/) - The visual arts is a very broad field which this post will attempt to navigate. This is designed to encourage you to experiment with different mediums and submit work to our magazine that does not fall into the most obvious forms of painting and photography, although we love receiving these too! Painting If you've ever
- [Reflections and Resolutions](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/02/28/reflections-and-resolutions/) - This post will offer some guidance to help you respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram prompt, and will be especially useful for nonfiction writers and photographers. Write or draw something about the month of January. What does this month mean to you? Now that it is over, do you feel relief or pressure? Take this
- [In the Bleak Midwinter](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/02/26/in-the-bleak-midwinter/) - Through this post, I hope to offer some suggestions of how you can respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram prompt, and point you in the direction of some works of literature and art that you can consider for inspiration. Write or draw about a snow day. What does the air smell like? What colours do
- [Writing Communities](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/02/21/writing-communities/) - This post will share a few of my ideas for getting the most out of writing communities and suggest some activities which may be useful in this sort of writing setting. If you are part of a creative writing society or club, it is always fun to try producing something collaboratively. A fun warm-up exercise
- [Winter 2021 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/02/17/winter-2021-fiction/) - Dear Mme Lucinda 'Once you let me know that it is five hundred francs for all the girls I will send them to you. I am willing to pay seven hundred francs if you will take all four of them. They are good girls, very studious and quiet. Please write me back soon. Mme. Lucinda,
- [Winter 2021 - Art](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/02/16/winter-2021-art/) - Birth in a Pandemic As you can see above, Alicia’s artwork is incredibly captivating. As an editor, I was immensely intrigued by the story behind the work. Since publication, I have discussed the origins of the painting with Alicia who was pregnant during the pandemic. Unable to go out except for doctor appointments, this was
- [Winter 2021 - Poetry](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/01/23/winter-2021-poetry/) - Atlas A clock is watched in expectation but stars are watchedto see what’s been; not till, past. In the pauses betweensleep cycles they, in their dogged runs, lull us into assuming thattoday’s experience is tomorrow’s promise. Which is what I’m doing now, watching remembered morningturn the redbud suckers thin and bright as crazes in glass, anticipating
- [Winter 2021 - Nonfiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/02/07/winter-2021-nonfiction/) - Where Hell Seems a Heav’n: Tracing Milton through NBC’s The Good Place ‘I would argue that NBC’s The Good Place is deeply rooted in the writings of John Milton, the internationally-renown 17th-century poet, polemic, civil servant, and intellectual. A number of prominent lines, character concepts, and fundamental themes from Milton’s lapsarian epic Paradise Lost underlie
- [Spellbinder x The Red Megaphone Collab](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2024/06/23/spellbinder-x-the-red-megaphone-collab/) - Spellbinder and The Red Megaphone are volunteer-run publications created by creatives for creatives. We invite anyone to join our innovative and international artistic conversation. Join us as we discuss the challenges our founders face in the digital sphere, including staying authentic and maintaining quality in a saturated industry. Almost two years after our first ever
- [Tackling Surrealism](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/03/15/tackling-surrealism/) - A fantastic way to be more adventurous in your writing is to try your hand at radical literary and artistic movements by following their principles and engaging in decades of creative conversation. Surrealism is a movement which has remained fresh and ever-evolving, and has always been politically and culturally subversive. A great example of its
- [Food-themed Prompts for Spring](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/05/09/food-themed-prompts-for-spring/) - First prompt: think about your favourite food, or a unique food you like, and incorporate it in a piece of fiction or creative non fiction. If writing fiction, you could play with POV and try to write the story from the point of view of the food itself, or even from each of the ingredients.
- [Autumn 2022 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/11/05/autumn-2022-fiction/) - Walking Backwards by Dino Costi In Walking Backwards, the reader is literally walked back in time by Costi. The story’s retrograde setting is one in which women are valued most as wives and child-bearers. Marriage is constantly on the minds of Sabrina, Abigail, and Caroline, not as a possibility but as a fate. But as
- [A Guide to Photography Galleries](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/12/23/a-guide-to-photography-galleries/) - In April 2021, I provided a useful list of world-famous galleries for visual artists searching for some inspiration, but it occurs to me that many of these fantastic museums are painting and sculpture focused and therefore, the photographers amongst you may be wishing for something a little bit more photography specific. For this reason, I
- [Winter Prompts for Re-writing Classics](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2023/01/24/winter-prompts-for-re-writing-classics/) - Spellbinder submissions for the Spring 2023 Issue (publ. April 2023) are open until February 14th. We have shared some prompts on our social media channels during the past week to boost your creativity and imagination while submissions are open. The prompts we posted during this submission window are under the theme of “Re-writing Classics”, which
- [Make Art Your New Hobby](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/02/24/make-art-your-new-hobby/) - This post is for anyone who is curious about art but is uncertain how to go about exploring this medium. Whether your heart is set on drawing, painting, digital art or photography, it can be intimidating to see how stunning other people’s work is. You probably have not seriously picked up a paintbrush since school.
- [Spring 2022 - Poetry](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/07/24/spring-2022-poetry/) - Cornwall - Lily Rose Winter drinking wine on the beachfront it’s that time between light and dark when the sea begins to look like an untuned television screen noise among silence pixelated, out of focus, flickering, i listen with one ear to what you say while the other is drawn to the sea, as if
- [Painting Spring Flowers](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/04/26/painting-spring-flowers/) - This post will help you respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram post. “Experiment with a watercolour painting of gorgeous springtime flowers. You can paint a field of flowers and/or flowers in a vase. What colours, shadows and vibrance can best convey the unique specialness of flowers?” One of the most distinctive features of spring is
- [Spring Writing Exercises](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/04/21/spring-writing-exercises/) - This post will help you respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram post. “Challenge yourself with a constrained writing exercise this spring. Here are some examples: write a haiku about new beginnings and or/rebirth; write a 500-characters memoir about springtimes past; write a fiction piece without ever using the letter ‘S’.” Here in the UK, we
- [Openings](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/02/24/openings/) - Sometimes, starting a piece of fiction can be one of the most daunting and difficult elements of the whole process. This post will suggest some ways in which you might wish to begin a story or piece of flash fiction, and hopefully serve as an aid if you are struggling to do so. These are
- [Summer 2022 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/09/04/summer-2022-fiction/) - The brevity of Jocelyne Lamarche’s Ghost belies its complexity. Coming in at just 210 words, the story manages to pack in vivid imagery, establish a strong sense of character and weave its way through feelings of sadness, longing and hope. It is a story to be read again and again, one of those which yields
- [Autumn Prompts for Re-writing Fairy/Folk Tales](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/11/01/autumn-prompts-for-re-writing-fairy-folk-tales/) - Spellbinder submissions for the Winter 2023 Issue (publ. Jan 2023) are open until November 14th. We have shared some prompts on our social media channels during the past week to boost your creativity and imagination while submissions are open. The prompts we posted during this submission window are under the theme of “Re-writing fairy/folk tales”,
- [Summer Prompts - Holiday Scripts](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/08/02/summer-prompts-holiday-scripts/) - This blog post will help you respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram post: Write a script about a family summer holiday/road trip. You can go down the comedy route and have lots of absurdly annoying things happening. You could also have a thriller/horror twist at some point in your script, after of course tricking your
- [Winter 2022 - Drama](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/03/23/winter-2022-drama/) - Sarah Wallis’ comedic stage play My Psycho Ex Was an Angel is a genuine delight to read. As an editor, I was instantly captivated by its unusual plot and surreal tone. The scene painted for us is one of a first date, which is taking place in an art gallery between Adrian and Claire. It
- [Spring Cleaning Prompts](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/05/11/spring-cleaning-prompts/) - This post will help you respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram post: “Write a script about spring cleaning. Whether it’s a literal wardrobe clear-out or a metaphorical soul-cleansing endeavour, what are the benefits (or negatives) of tidying, downsizing, and letting go? How can you convey with your dialogue the liberating (or empty) feeling the characters
- [Summer Prompts - Point of View](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/07/24/summer-prompts-point-of-view/) - This post will help you respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram post: “Choose a scene or a chapter from your favourite summer read and rewrite it from a different point of view. You could also maintain the main character as is, but switch points of view (eg from the first to the third person). Think
- [Summer Prompts - Water](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/07/24/summer-prompts-water/) - This blog post will help you respond to the following Spellbinder Instagram post: “Experiment with artworks or photographs depicting water. How can you capture water’s colourlessness, movement and fluidity in a still image? Can materials such as fabric and glass help you create that illusion?” Water, along with clouds and the sky, are some of
- [Winter Prompts](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/01/13/winter-prompts/) - This blog post will help build upon the latest series of Winter themed prompts on the Spellbinder Instagram. Winter can be a hard, and harsh, period of time. It can feel desolate and bare. Here in England, it is currently damp with winter rain. The nights come quickly, and are long. As a writer or
- [Winter 2022 - Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/02/03/winter-2022-fiction/) - A Bargaining The red plate on the green table has a loaf of lemon bread on it. There are blueberries on top of the loaf. You know it smells freshly baked even though you can’t actually smell it. Your nose is broken and doesn’t work anymore. You do not know when your nose became broken.
- [Winter 2022 - Non-Fiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/02/12/winter-2022-non-fiction/) - A difficult year calls for the fulfilling familiarity that the cosiness of December brings. The last few weeks, leading up to the beginning of a new year, feel like a suspended simulation where one revels in one’s guiltless liberty to take a pause, disconnect from the harsh realities that life demands, and simply dwell in
- [Summer 2021 – Nonfiction](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2021/07/12/summer-2021-nonfiction/) - Hamantaschen ‘Like today, last Hanukkah was another of my faltering attempts to mark a holiday we’d never celebrated as children, with gaps in space and memory filled in using the internet. I learned to pronounce the prayers from a YouTube video, and met up with my sister over Zoom each night to light a menorah
- [Autumn 2022 - Poetry](https://www.spellbindermag.com/2022/10/31/autumn-2022-poetry/) - IVF - Eugene O'Hare praying to the God she never thought …vicious with want. ...baby.don't float away. your word…speechless When I first read this poem, it made me slightly uncomfortable. Grading poems or deciding which one should be published is a complex process. As an editor, you have a responsibility to ensure that there is

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