ISSUE NO. 22
MAY 2026

Creative

This section publishes creative contributions mostly from currently and formerly incarcerated people. It includes short-stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, and much more.

If you have something creative to submit to us, we would love to read it, or see it, and publish it in About Time – please write to us!

Latest

By Phillip

There’s irony, hypocrisy, fallacy, a vast ocean of distance to cross. The “saint”, the “sinner”, it’s lunacy, that the ignorant could save the lost.

ISSUE NO. 22
2 MIN READ
By Karie

I’m not belle of the ball, not the very least, but we have something in common, I’m in love with a beast. But the beast is not a person but a drug that I call meth, I’ve been talking to myself for hours, I’m running out of breath.

ISSUE NO. 22
1 MIN READ
By Dennis

Nostalgia is a gentle haze, a soft and fading, golden maze, where time itself begins to blur, and memory’s touch is sweet and pure.

ISSUE NO. 22
1 MIN READ

Previous Editions

ISSUE NO. 9
April 2025

She'll Be Apples

By Angela

This image depicts the wild woman and the apple tree. It is inspired by the character 'Aofie' in this year's production.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 9
April 2025

Love Worshipful (a Midnight Repose)

By Jon

Some say Love is overrated. It has no relevance anymore I say. I know more than love unbound, I can make these prayerful sounds.

3 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 9
April 2025

Boredom

By Bukks

Here we are again, this day is just the same as last, I've done all I can do and yet it seems no time has passed.

3 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 9
April 2025

My Heart, My Soul

By Amaka

What filled my days before, I do not know. I have so much love within me, from inside my heart I glow.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 9
April 2025

Freedom Flight

By Joshua

I stand at my door and watch the birds, as they spread their wings and fly. Oh how wonderful my life would be, if I could fly so high.

3 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 9
April 2025

After Darkness Comes Light

By Rachel

When you feel broken and can’t remember who you used to be, please know that person is still inside of you, waiting to be acknowledged and validated. Find a calm place, go inside of your soul. That is where the goodness lies.

3 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 9
April 2025

Better Man

By R.M.

The same as I was, just in a different lane, because the monster in me I can now tame.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 9
April 2025

Time Together

Anonymous

Doing time together, under lock and key, but helping others can set your mind free.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 8
March 2025

Crochet

By Rachel

Here's just a few of my crochet art projects – this is what you can achieve if you learn how to crochet!

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 8
March 2025

Heartache and Pain

By Robert

Tears on my pillow, pain in my heart. The day they put me in prison, my whole world fell apart.

2 MIN READ

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