Pain (no. 1)Pain is a print journal dedicated to new poetry and short, creative essays. Pain issue 1 CONTRIBUTORS: Adam Crothers Alex MacDonald Amy Key Andrew Wynn Owen Crispin Best Eley Williams Elle Heedles K. T. Billey Rachel Long Rebecca Perry Rowland Bagnall Sam Riviere. EDITORS: Vala Thorodds & Luke Allan

‘Hello is full of terrific comic turns and fancies and by the end of the collection I was left spellbound

and her focus on the potential connections between the nonhuman world and supernatural realities feels fresh and arresting [

The movement of a lover's hand in the dark

Pain is a print journal dedicated to new poetry and short

‘If the Icelandic poetry scene were a deck of cards

The front cover features lines from Claressinka Anderson’s poem ‘End Of ’

Lizzie Hutton

cooling tenderness

discursive and melancholic

“Best’s turns of phrase are marvels of insect architecture

Angus Strachan

‘This book is a treasure map