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Exploring Desire
The Erotic Review was relaunched in Spring 2024 as an art and literary journal that explores desire for a contemporary audience. Designed by Studio Frith and with a guest art curator for each issue, the biannual Erotic Review publishes essays, poetry and stories. The first printed issue sold out online in just over a month and issue 2 came out in October 2024. Become part of our digital community: read selected work, listen to authors, subscribe to the magazine, sign up to the free monthly newsletter to read exclusive conversations, hear about our events and member recommendations.
Short
Wall Moss
Tortula muralis. Does that feel too formal to you? Wall screw-moss, then. I’ve seen you every day that I’ve lived in this flat, your green cushion gently hooked onto the garden’s brick wall. I could have so easily pulled you away whole, brought you inside. Instead, I brushed my hands against your tender body. Tapped my fingers along the sporophytes you extend into the air above you. And I have thought only of your softness.