Spooky season evidently offered creative inspiration aplenty for the WM writers, who responded to the call for writing in November’s crime-themed issue on the theme of ‘Dark Side’ with our fullest mailbox yet. The poetry and prose sent in demonstrated darkness in many guises, with unafraid work that explored the shadier aspects of human existence with nuance and verve. The theme may have been dark, but what a pleasure it has been to read the submissions, which interpreted the darkness with imagination, originality and some exceedingly fine writing. Chosing the two exceptional pieces that we now present to you was always going to be a tough task, but Lesley Mason and Leanne Simmons both sent
