The clocks have fallen back, the nights are drawing in, it’s that time of year again…time for the second annual Ungagged Winter Writing Competition! We enjoyed last year’s competition so much, we decided to make this year’s even bigger. So, not only will the winning entry appear on our site and be dramatized on our podcast […]
Fiction
MY 11-STEP INDUCTION INTO THE CULT OF CORBYN (PART 3)
THE GOLDEN DAWN; CAMDEN CHAOS-MAGICIANS; AND THE WINTER OF MILD DISCOMFORT By Stevedore McCormack (sic) STEP #8: MANCHURIAN CANDIDATES AND LOW-GRADE PATSIES Kenneth Pringle took a long drag on his cigarette, exhaled a mighty cloud of smoke and delivered his coup de grace: ‘I am now 100% certain that Stephen Kinnock is a mind-controlled asset. […]
MY 11-STEP INDUCTION INTO THE ‘CULT OF CORBYN’
MY 11-STEP INDUCTION INTO THE ‘CULT OF CORBYN’ By Stevedore McCormack (sic) STEP 1: THE PRAGUE CONNECTION By January 1997 I was a mess, both mentally and physically. As I stumbled aboard the Gatwick-bound plane in Prague my head was throbbing and beating like an illegal rave was taking place in my brain. I needed […]
CHEQUERS: THE LAST DAYS OF MAY
CHEQUERS: THE LAST DAYS OF MAY Disunity, disloyalty and hundred-foot-high turnstiles on the Irish Border The inside scoop on what really happened at that fateful meeting at Chequers BREXIT DEBATE. CHEQUERS. FRIDAY 6th JULY 2018 (There is general hubbub and conversation around the table) PM Yes thank you everyone, thank you for […]
Resilience
Resilience My teacher taught me to be more resilient today. I fell and I cried, and I was embarrassed she saw me. But my teacher said, “life can be like that. Just pick yourself up again, and get on with it.” It started out an ordinary day. I had to get to school. Da’ had come round to […]
A Lefty Winter Tale, by Anthony Franks
Winner of our Winter Short Story Competition 2017-2018 A Lefty Winter Tale By Anthony Franks I am Sinister. Adam Sinister. Born in a cross-fire hurricane as Mick and the boys sang. Well, actually it was Christmas Day. My old Ma, God rest her soul (even though I am a hard-core atheist), used to say […]
Tattooed
[CN: Nazi atrocities, revenge] Sandra Webster This story originally appeared in The University of Glasgow’s Creative Writing Showcase, issue 26 Gunter Hollinger had many regrets in his life. He had never married nor had children, he had seen little of the world apart from his corner of it. Now nearing the end of his life […]
NoseBlind
Sara sat in the clinic. She looked at the pretend smiling faces and their intake of Breathe as they realised her class. She had grown up with this, it had became law when she was a baby. The smell depended on your designated class. This had affected her all her life. Her teachers, her classmates […]
A Lefty Winter Tale
Welcome to Ungagged’s first short story competition! We know our listeners are a creative bunch, so we thought we’d give you an opportunity to showcase your talent. Theme: A lefty winter tale. The theme is broad and can be interpreted however you feel – judges are looking for something original and well written that […]
A Gift Comes Calling…
This story also appears on Neil’s blog As the scientists looked at each other in disbelief, outside their Lower Withington building across the street, Corey stood up, turned his head from side to side, stretched and took his first tentative steps in the 31 years he had been on planet earth.No one had ever wanted […]