Childhood is the first issue of Outercast and appeared in June 2005. With ten short stories selected out of 500 submissions, the quality was set and Outercast became a name in the world of independent literary magazines.
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Contents Issue 1 - Childhood
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- WALES - Carolyn Eddy - Dead Dog Summer
A memory of a dead dog in a field triggers feelings of loss.
- SWEDEN - Dennis Rodie - Walk in the Park
One robbery, two friends and three hundred thousand dollars.
- USA, Michigan - Kristin Cassani - Whitewashed
A tragic accident hides in the past.
- ENGLAND - Eddie French - Absolution and Fireworks
Growing pains in 1950's Liverpool.
- CHINA/NEW ZEALAND - Michael Curry - The King of Misrule
Taking the joys of childhood onto the streets.
- USA, Pennsylvania - Amanda Leigh Rogers - Pigs
According to Pauline, ducks are pigs.
- CANADA - Giancarlo La Giorgia - To Live And (Almost) Die in East-end Montréal
Based on a true story from the writer's otherwise mundane life.
- JAPAN - Suzanne Kamata - Jeanette
The dark currents in a friendship between two adolescent girls in 1970's America.
- GERMANY - Thomas Gruner - Frenzy
Childhood, Hatred and the Compulsion to Kill: Jonathan Pincus' "Base Instincts - What Makes Killers Kill?"
- FINLAND - Rupert Haigh - The Horse
You wonder what life is about? Picture a horse.