Hello and welcome!
époque press is an independent publisher based between Brighton and Dublin established to promote and represent the very best in new literary talent.
Through a combination of our main publishing imprint and our online ezine we aim to bring inspirational and thought provoking work to a wider audience.
Our main imprint is seeking out new voices, authors who are producing high-quality literary fiction and who are looking for a partner to help realise their ambitions. Our commitment is to fully consider all submissions on literary merit alone and to provide a personal response.
Our ezine will showcase a combination of the written word, visual and aural art forms, bringing together artists working in different mediums to encourage and inspire new perspectives on specific themes.
For details of how to submit your work to us for consideration please follow the submissions guidelines and for all other enquiries please email info@epoquepress.com
Hello and welcome!
époque press is an independent publisher based between Brighton and Dublin established to promote and represent the very best in new literary talent.
Through a combination of our main publishing imprint and our online ezine we aim to bring inspirational and thought provoking work to a wider audience.
Our main imprint is seeking out new voices, authors who are producing high-quality literary fiction and who are looking for a partner to help realise their ambitions. Our commitment is to fully consider all submissions on literary merit alone and to provide a personal response.
Our ezine will showcase a combination of the written word, visual and aural art forms, bringing together artists working in different mediums to encourage and inspire new perspectives on specific themes.
For details of how to submit your work to us for consideration please follow the submissions guidelines and for all other enquiries please email info@epoquepress.com
époque press
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époque press
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époque press ezine
Beneath Our Feet
Short Story by Mark Pennington
Glass & Ceramics by Richard P.J. Ray
Short Story by Vanessa Horn
Photography by Nick Vagus
Short Story by Nick Norton
Short Story by Peter Haynes
Welcome to the first edition of the époque press ezine.
A big thank-you to all those who contributed, it was a real inspiration to receive such a wealth of creative interpretations on our inaugural theme ‘Beneath our Feet.'
So many people now spend so much of their day looking down. Looking down at the electronic device held in the palm of their hand to check the latest social media updates, emails and diary notifications. It made me wonder how many look past the device, look down to their feet and beyond?
How many of us are aware of the route we follow each day? The arteries of the city are ripped up, excavated and resurfaced, time after time, year after year - a shifting geometry of paving slabs and tarmac. We navigate the same well-worn paths, but how many notice the urban canvas on which we walk, the beauty to be found in cracked paving, litter strewn gutters or manhole covers.
One of our contributors, Richard Ray, takes Victorian coal chute covers as his inspiration. Another, Nick Vagus (aka Drifter Nick), captures the urban art to be found in the underpass or beneath a flyover. The short stories we have included reference the earth itself, its power and force and the seismic geology which influences our very psychology.
We hope you enjoy the content and that it fires your own thoughts on what is ‘Beneath our Feet’.
