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Resonance, Volume 1:

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Introduction

Contents Resonance Caitlin Mae Thomson A note from the founder Caitlin Mae Thomson Special thanks Resonance Caitlin Mae Thomson

Poetry

all american Caitlin Mae Thomson A Black Ocean Full of Mermaids Caitlin Mae Thomson Madchester Caitlin Mae Thomson Loss Caitlin Mae Thomson feeling out of place Caitlin Mae Thomson The Vestal Virgins Caitlin Mae Thomson

Short-story

Acceptance Caitlin Mae Thomson My Nostalgic Right Leg Caitlin Mae Thomson Red-emulsion Spattered Seafront Caitlin Mae Thomson

Madchester

Caitlin Mae Thomson

m…a…d…

maaaaaad chester!

get your bucket hats on boys

sally cinnamon’s single

and she wants to be adored.

baggy jeans kissing the ground

and pills shoved in socks,

on cloud fucking nine

we walk through the doors

of hacienda,

ian brown is our god and

this is the second fucking coming.

we cadge a lift

to a merseyside gaff,

smoke a spliff

and our bodies become slow

minds floating and

spiralling above grimey carpets.

The next week

we break into heaven,

swim across the shallow water

and experience

a second baptism, in ecstasy

while a low slung sun sets over spike island.

Editors for Madchester not yet setup.

Resonance, Volume 1:

Resonance is the first collection of creative writing digitally published by Ta Voix, and will hopefully be the first of many. Everything within these digital bindings has been lovingly created by young writers, and meticulously edited and produced by young publishers. We are not yet professionals, but we deserve the chance to be.

Not only will this collection of poetry and prose resonate with you, but the anthology will be resounding. We loudly, and clearly proclaim that the literary industry needs to diversify, it needs transparency, and it needs change.

Trigger warnings: mentions of blood, physical violence and self-harm are present on some pages. Please read at your discretion.

First published by Ta Voix 2020

Copyright retained by the individual authors. Ta Voix has been granted the non-exclusive right to exhibit these works. No part of this anthology may be reproduced without prior written permission of the individual copyright owners, except for the use of cited quotation.