
In the Night
Fear like a spooked horse
Lillabelle Aikins
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Fear like a spooked horse

I’m walking up a trail in Arrochar and the first snow has just dusted the peaks, their great grey teeth sticking up from this martian-terrain I pick through in my colossal boots, my waterproof gear whistling as I walk, just as a great bellow of wind shouts through the dimpled land.

The September 2025 youth campaigned Gen-Z protests changed the political landscape in Nepal- a country frustrated with the perceived government corruption, economic crisis and wealth disparity.

The room was very cold when I fell against the sheets.

His face comes into view so fast I can barely comprehend it, all mouth and shadow, and when he kisses me he does it with an urgency and fervency I have felt before, and I think this is nice, but I know inside that it is not nice at all.

In the contemporary technological landscape, it has been largely accepted that generative AI is based purely on algorithmic logic and rational science.

I’m swallowing a pint in the overhead lights of the pub we regularly go to.

Circling the Rocks

I’m thinking of planning a trip to St Andrew in the dead of the winter when the city looks its best.

And my father,