Lipstick Eyebrows

'Chosen for their contemporary edge in both setting and story, the collection hosts an all-female cast covering themes of travel, arrival, change, reconciliation, departures, estrangement, death, survival and the intricacies of women's lives. ''A brilliant showcase of the next wave of talent from Welsh Women writers.'' Rebecca Parfitt, Commissioning Editor, Honno''And death, like sex, isn't like it is in the movies. For one thing, there has been much more foreplay.'' Lipstick Eyebrows by Naomi Paulus''The future is Welsh, baby.''To Buy an Expensive Dream, Chinyere Chukwudi-Okeh''The projector clicked again. On the wall was a photo of Mair holding a placard defiantly, her shoulders squared to the police officer who attempted to wrench it out of her hands. In careful writing she'd printed the words: 'Coal Not Dole'.''Scab by Ellen Davies''She was aware of the swing of her skirt as she went. Old woman crosses gangplank, she thought. Her reflection threw back someone she wasn't expecting. She was recently ancient, she decided. She recalled the same feeling in reverse when she was twenty and surprised at being a young woman.'' Pearls Before Swine by Tracey Rhys'