Krishan Coupland

Krishan is on the Creative Writing PhD programme at the University of East Anglia. His writing has appeared in Ambit, Aesthetica, Litro and Fractured West. He won the Manchester Fiction Prize in 2011, and in his spare time he runs and edits a literary magazine.

  • Blue Whale Hits Town

    At night, the blue whale swims. His tail flicks the air and he floats like a balloon. Graceless, bumping, he makes his way through the gallery. Squeezes between pillars. Nudges through doorways. Pops explosively through a half-open skylight. Out, finally, he heaves a deep breath of rain-wet air. Freedom. Where to tonight? He floats from…