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'Unrest' is a collection of stories, prose and essays. It's where societal observations and nostalgia come to meet.

Newsletter · By r.c.m standley · English · Official site

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Sep 20, 2026
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Sep 19, 2026

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  1. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    stale baguettes and sour wine (opens the original)

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    When the sun shines, gold runs lengths through her coffee hair.Black coffee. Uncomplicated and taking one sugar. She enjoys the tinkle of teaspoons in little china cups.A wannabe Bond-girl with dreams of elegance. When she walks, she wants to float and simmer and glide.A sea-side upbringing that has never left her. Big gap-toothed smiles and forever freshly sunburnt. A red band that runs across her cheeks where the rays ran hot on her skin.Flour dusts her weather-worn face in the evenings. A nig

  2. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    wishful and wistful (opens the original)

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    When I was 24 years old, I was in a 2-year relationship with a man I would have described as ‘my type’. He had dark hair and dark eyes. A mullet and a moustache. Calloused hands and smoked cigarettes. He was a tradie who was taller than me and shared the same kind of banter as me. If I had ever wanted to be friends with a male version of myself, he would have been perfect for that. But he was my boyfriend, a role he was not perfect for.We shared many common interests, as friends would. We liked

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