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‘New York Great Cities Vol. 3’ now released …

New York Great Cities Vol. 3 has now been released in paperback and 2 eBook versions – Kindle and ePub.

As the Great Cities series unfolds, New York joins Paris Vol. 1 and London Vol. 2.

For a taste of New York, click here

Submissions for Rome Great Cities Vol. 4 open 1st October 2026.

New York features the poetry and prose of 74 writers including Carol Adams, Joy Nevin Axelson, Meryl Baer, Linda Barrett, James Bates, Roberta Batorsky, Karen Beatty, Faith-Anne Bell, Sandy Bexon, Henry Bladon, Richard Braco, William Butler, Mary Ann Carrasco, Jan Chronister, Anita Davie, Marvin Garbeh Davis Sr., Mark Donnelly, PM Flynn, Karel Fontaine, Lara Frankena, Linda McCauley Freeman, Cynthia Gallaher, Julia Galosy, Flemming George, Joe Giordano, John Grey, Karen Grove, Ronald T. Hardwick, Mark Heathcote, Matthew Hisbent, Mark Hudson, GP Hyde, Robert Iulo, Marc Janssen, Tim Jarvis, Lorraine Jeffery, Lilith Coryell Jenkins, Kelley Jhung, Peter Kaczmarczyk, Kenneth M. Kapp, Carl Landauer, Angie Lem, Joyce Loh, Fabiana Elisa Martínez, Pat Murphy McClelland, Rob McKinnon, Keith Melton, Remngton Murphy, James B. Nicola, Howard Osborne, Alexander Pepple, Sylvia Petter, Martin Phillips, Kay Ritchie, Alex Robertson, Chris Rogers, Elliot Rubin, Gerard Sarnat, Stephanie Satie, Marguerite Schneider, Monica Sharp, Richard A. Shury, Katherine Simmons, Steven Ray Smith, Amy Soricelli, Margaret Sullivan, Marianne Szlyk, Susan Tally, Layla Sabourian Tarwe, Patrick Trombly, Leo Vanderpot, William Waldorf, Townsend Walker and Tom Woodruff.

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Submissions for ‘Someday Pure Slush Vol. 25’ are now open

Yes, that’s right …

Submissions for Someday Pure Slush Vol. 25 have been declared … OPEN.

We are looking for poems, essays and stories about hope, plans, the future …

For further submission info, click here …

Submissions CLOSE 31st August 2026.

Cover photo © Shane Simmons.

‘Fifteen’ released and available to purchase

Fifteen Pure Slush Vol. 24 is now available to purchase.

Featuring the work of 73 writers, and including short stories, essays and poetry, the book celebrates 15 years of Pure Slush publishing.

To purchase the book, click here for: paperback | ePub eBook | Kindle

Click here for a taste of Fifteen.

Writers featured in the book include Alex Reece Abbott, Carol Adams, Tobi Alfier, Lidyanne Aquino, Sandra Arnold, Joy Nevin Axelson, Linda Barrett, James Bates, Duncan Berce, Howard Brown, Rees Campbell, Dave Clark, Jennifer Clark, Beverly M. Collins, Christine Collinson, Linda M. Crate, Jane de Lozey, William Derge, Catherin J Pascal Dunk, John Elliott, Steve Evans, Tom Fegan, Isabella Fels, Amalia Fish, Karel Fontaine, Claire Frankel, Flemming George, Ken Gosse, John Grey, Ronald T. Hardwick, Mark Heathcote, Anne Howkins, Mark Hudson, Valerie Hunter, GP Hyde, Marc Janssen, rani Jayakumar, Kenneth M. Kapp, John Kujawski, Tim Law, Angie Lem, Luke Lester, Gabrielle Macdonald, Rab Mariathasan, John Maskey, Rob McKinnon, Karuna Mistry, Remngton Murphy, James B. Nicola, Ellen Notbohm, Mikhaela Odayan, Howard Osborne, Gary Percesepe, Sylvia Petter, Martin Phillips, Sandy Phillips, Pedro Ponce, Ruth Powell, Diana Raab, Christine Reeves, Maria Odessky Rosen, Rachel-Anne Sambell, Tatiana Samokhina, Pat Saunders, Ramona Scarborough, Dorin Schumacher, Amy Soricelli, Tim Thompson, Leo Vanderpot, Townsend Walker, Tony Warner, Melissa E. Wong and Souad Zakarani.

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‘London’ released and available to purchase

Pure Slush‘s London Great Cities Vol. 2 is now available for purchase in paperback, as well as ePub and Kindle eBooks.

Click here for paperback | ePub | Kindle

Find tastes of London by clicking here

London features the poerty and prose of Carol Adams, Benedicta Kyeremaa Addai, Allen Ashley, David Atkinson, Linda Barrett, James Bates, Sarah Beckett, Dev Berger, Sandy Bexon, Henry Bladon, Rose Mary Boehm, William Butler, Philip Byrne, Nayma Chamchoun, Ane Christensen, Jan Chronister, Dave Clark, Ken Cohen, Timothy Collyer, Ellie Cottrell, Niall Crowley, Jeni Curtis, Sarah Das Gupta, Anita Davie, Susan Delgado-Watts, William Derge, Jane Downing, Dorit d’Scarlett, Michael Durack, Steve Evans, Louis Faber, Tom Fegan, Karel Fontaine, Lara Frankena, Cynthia Gallaher, Flemming George, Kathryn Glasgow, Ronald T. Hardwick, Liddie Harper, Matthew Hisbent, Mark Hudson, GP Hyde, Susan Israel, Tim Jarvis, rani Jayakumar, J. Khan, Len Kuntz, Carl Landauer, Tim Law, Cathy Joyce Lee, Mike Lewis-Beck, Joyce Loh, Gabrielle Macdonald, Clare Marsh, Rob McKinnon, Gina McKnight, Mandy Toczek McPeake, Karuna Mistry, Julianne Munro, Sharon Lask Munson, Remngton Murphy, Lawrence Needham, James B. Nicola, Mary Ann Noe, John Notley, Howard Osborne, Shirley Pendlebury, Michelle Penn, Alexander Pepple, Darrell Petska, Sylvia Petter, Martin Phillips, CJ Rakay, Christine Reeves, Kay Ritchie, Alex Robertson, JA Rose, Stephanie Russell, Sue Sesnon Salt, Jeff Santosuosso, Pat Saunders, Monica Sharp, Amy Soricelli, Betty Stanton, Ann Starr, Lyndall Thomas, Tim Thompson, Townsend Walker, Tricia Lloyd Waller, Tony Warner, Trevor Webb, Lisa Wiley, Melissa E. Wong, Souad Zakarani and James Ziersch-O’Connor.

‘London’ will soon be available

London, the 2nd volume in Pure Slush‘s Great Cities series has FINALLY been completed. Yep that’s compiled, edited and formatted.

NEXT: wait for the 1st proof copy to arrive …

THEN: proof read it …

THEN: order the 2nd (and usually final) proof copy …

THEN: check any changes …

THEN: announce it is available for purchase as a paperback, ePub and Kindle

MEANWHILE: contributors will be emailed their author agreements.

And thank you for your endless patience.