The sample edition of 'Bandit Fiction Presents... Issue Three' features two of our favourites stories from the full issue - 'To Whom Do We Belong?' by Alycia Barboza and 'Madman in Blueberry Running Flats' by Donald Zagardo.
'To Whom Do We Belong?' is a story based on real-life experiences, experiences many young women experience, where a married woman in her late 20s is questioned by her family about why she doesn't have kids yet. Is the choice not to have children solely hers?
'Madman in Blueberry Running Flats' is a story told through a series of diary entries, written by a resident of Adamsdale Psychiatric Hospital. Who is this character telling you their story, and what have they done to be housed with murders and rapists? With clear comparisons to 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'. 'Madman' is a simmering story that makes you question everything you read.