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Here we are already with our second issue.</p> I must say, being an editor is fantastic. Each morning the Puffin inboxes are packed with submissions from so many countries, in so many genres and in so many styles. Already, we have enough quality writing to pack out months and months of the magazine, but keep them coming. We are constantly on the lookout for new submissions.</p>
In this month’s issue we have the usual mix of fiction and non-fiction. There’s a healthy smattering of travel journalism too, with Rachael Pells giving another punchy take on life in Mexico, whilst we welcome a new contributor, F. Harvey Anderson, who has written a very vivid and thoughtful article on life in Nepal. </p>
We also welcome back Sarah Taylor-Fergusson who wrote so beautifully about love in her poem in Issue 1 that we couldn’t help but invite her back with another, packed full of imagery. Joining her in representing poetry in this issue is another new contributor, from Ireland, Michael Ray.</p>
We’d never forget flash fiction. How could we? This month’s pieces come from Samuel Best, who edits a magazine of his own for young writers, and from Patricia Duffaud.</p>
Also, we publish our first novel excerpt this month, and it’s from Alistair Roberts. Let us know what you think.</p>
We have short stories by Nici West and Ellie Stewart, and a very lyrical non-fiction story about the struggles of young writers to get established, the latter being from James Bruce May whom we’re glad to have back after he appeared in our first edition. </p>
Finally, Rachel MacGregor writes an article on why the book is always better than the film, a sentiment I agree with (except for The Shawshank Redemption).</p>
We’ll also be introducing a book review section shortly. Our team have received plenty of review copies of forthcoming fiction, such as Kate Atkinson’s <i>Life After Life</i> and Margaret Forster’s <i>The Unknown Bridesmaid</i>. The reviews will be published soon, and writers and publishers are always welcome to send their books to us for review. </p>
Finally, we have two upcoming author interviews but we’ll tell you more about that later.</p>
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