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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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  • 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.