By Christine Lawrence. It was a dark night and windy. I had walked across the marshes from Portsmouth town, keen to get away from the fevers, the evil humours from the effluence left by the King’s army. I’d spent [… read more ]
Star & Crescent is proud to present an exclusive excerpt from Turn the Tides Gently, local author Matt Wingett’s Portsmouth-based tale of mystery and imagination. At first the hallucinations come to him in silence, as they always do. [… read more ]
In the first part of a serialised story, JS Adams vividly imagines Portsmouth in the throes of eco-apocalypse. The first sighting of the icebergs was on February 19th. It would not have been unusual if [… read more ]
by Jon Crout Fear was a daily watchword on this troubled island. This evening those present on its northern edge bore witness to an unholy bleakness. The surface of the water danced in macabre fashion [… read more ]
By Jon Crout. It is 1992. It is Fudger’s birthday, and we are sat in his shed, hiding from his mum. She’s got the hump because he re-enacted Anderton’s goal at Highbury in her lounge [… read more ]
By Alison Habens Part II (Part I can be found here) This is a story of four thousand words. When Tripp and Crowley had moved on to torment another soul, I was able to read [… read more ]
Laszlo Dumitrescu is a businessman who emigrated from Bucharest to Southsea in 2015. Following on from his adventures in Issue 1, the wealth creator casts an eye over a General Election in which he is [… read more ]
By Alison Habens This is a story of three words: ‘Arise, Sir Ox’. Not stable-taught but star-led, for my uncle was the Earl of Southampton and my mother was thrice ladylike. I was raised in [… read more ]
By Jon Crout 11 June 1974 ‘Do you think this film they’re making is named after me?’ asked Owen. He grinned. ‘Not likely, Tommy,’ said Holbrook, licking his ice cream. ‘I doubt architecture is really [… read more ]
By Jon Crout Details that are presented as historical fact are continually subject to interpretation and reinterpretation. Accounts of historic events are only as reliable as those making the record, and will inevitably be subject [… read more ]
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