Literature and Creative Writing

When you look up at the night sky, everything you see is the distant memory of somebody else. It’s all new to you, in that godly exhale of cirrus clouds and condensation. You realise quietly: us humans have spent years upon years building rocket ships to explore celestial graveyards. In 1977, we sent an array of flower photographs to these headstones, as well as music, human voices, and the lonely whine of the humpback whale.

By Chris Mariotti This piece won our first Flash Fiction Competition of the year. It also appeared as a featured article in volume 95, issue four of Pelican....

If that building is a mere seven minutes away, then I shall be in the park within six minutes, perhaps six and a half allotting for a slight hold up.

By Ella Coulson   There is a place Not too far from here It belongs to a family of units Four squat, brown-haired girls The sort you woul...

"Pelican Pete" was the Runner Up in Pelican's second Flash Fiction competition of 2024.

"A Man With An Unusually Sensitive Nose" won First Place in Pelican's second Flash Fiction Competition of 2024.