Welcome to Issue 12 of Gold Dust magazine!

In this 50-page issue, we have a fabulously diverse selection of short stories, poetry and articles.

Our full-colour PDF version is absolutely FREE! Our B&W print version is a bargain at £3.50.
Our full-colour print version is priced at just £7.50.

SHORT STORIES
A Practical Man
Zack Wilson
Black Humour

Days of Awe
Jonas Knutsson
Drama

Reflections on Authenticity and
Love
Max Dunbar
Drama

FLASH FICTION
At the Veterinarian’s
Howard Waldman
Drama

Father
Peter Bishenden
Drama

Picking up the crumbs
Suzanne Aubin
Drama

Summer
Suzanne Aubin
Drama

FILM REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
Fictionalised War on Film: Iraq
and the Suicide Bombers
Redacted (Brian de Palma) & Britz
(Peter Kozminski)
Reviewed by David Gardiner

Adrienne Kress
The children’s author discusses her
work

FEATURES
A Writer’s Guide to Chapbook
Publishing
A cool and original way to showcase
your work

How to write...effective dialogue
For characters with bite

A Literary Guide to...Amsterdam
Plan your summer break here!

COMPETITIONS
£10 star poem contest - Autumn
Our winning entry, Talking Laundry,
by Suzanne Aubin

POEMS
“SOON”
Joseph Goosey

Walk through a city under a
full moon
Seán Dagan Wood

Amy nude ascending
D Garcia Wahl

When Beatniks Die
Jodie Oakes

greening
David McLean

The Salmon Child
Graham Hardie

To the Unknown Friend
James Keane

REGULARS
Editorial
Omma Velada welcomes you to this issue of Gold Dust magazine

Contributors
Find out more about our talented contributors here

Next season
Our next issue of Gold Dust, available for sale from June 2008

Issue 12 of Gold Dust magazine is now available for sale.