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Chris Newlove Horton
Chris Newlove Horton is a writer living in London.

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Prize Entry

April 2016

Chris Newlove Horton

Prize Entry

April 2016

He said, ‘Tell me about yourself.’ He said, ‘Tell me about you.’ He said, ‘Tell me everything. I’m interested.’ He said, ‘I want to...

fiction

April 2015

Heavy

Chris Newlove Horton

fiction

April 2015

It is a two lane road somewhere in North America. The car is pulled onto the shoulder with the...

look at your kitchen look at your kitchen oh my god look at your kitchen it’s delightful only wait ’til you hear what my husband said how it’s all very well if all you’ve got to do is look after the kids i mean he doesn’t have to get up in the night i mean he doesn’t have to get up in the morning so i get it in early: going from being a full-time event manager with a social life, a very fulfilling life, to being a full-time mum is a big shift i spend a lot of time mourning my old life i mean i’m very happy i wouldn’t change anything but it’s hard it’s difficult it’s lonely although i’m doing the most important job in the world i feel like a sack of shit but it’s fine i’ve been volunteering not doing a huge amount cold calling funny cos thats why i had a baby in the first place to get away from that shit and then the festival was this weekend for me, it was work i was going to enjoy myself i wouldn’t get too fucked up and i could go back go to the tent to feed him so friday night was fine but then saturday lloyd disappeared called me 2 hours later like i’m in luton what you doing in luton? urghdunno he said he was at the airport there were people laughing in the background i said: just remember in 2 and a half hours you’ve got to take the baby an hour later i called again this time he was in gatwick what you doing in gatwick? ughdunno 630 comes and the door opens he’s soaked in alcohol 10 minutes later he’s sleeping so i do breakfast and i go up at 730 to wake him i-i-i-i think you should get up and like it’s just so bad i’m already this kind of person i thought the transition was going to be harder but i’m settled i guess anyway guess who i met at the festival probably one of the most famous people in the world but it’s the motherfucking principle – i have to go to the festival with my baby because you’ve been on a fucking booze binge round London airports i just felt like such a gooner really bad really bad really really really bad your responsibility your child you’ve known about this for 3 fucking months i was so angry and he’s such a

Contributor

August 2014

Chris Newlove Horton

Contributor

August 2014

Chris Newlove Horton is a writer living in London.

James Richards: Not Blacking Out...

Art

December 2011

Chris Newlove Horton

Art

December 2011

Artist James Richards appropriates audio-visual material gathered from a range of sources, which he then edits into elaborate, fragmented collages.   But whereas his...

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poetry

Issue No. 2

Letter to Jim Jarmusch [Broken Flowers]

Jon Thompson

poetry

Issue No. 2

What they’ll know of us in future years: the large interiors of our suburban homes were designed by others...

Art

June 2015

Sisterhood

Chelsea Hogue

Art

June 2015

A woman appears onscreen. Her hair is short. While the film is black and white, by the colour gradations...

Art

February 2013

Haitian Art and National Tragedy

Rob Sharp

Art

February 2013

Thousands of Haiti’s poorest call it home: Grand Rue, a district of Port-au-Prince once run by merchants and bankers,...

 

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