under|tow NOUN

1. an underlying feeling or influence, especially one that is contrary to the prevailing atmosphere and is not expressed openly;

2. a current of water below the surface, moving in a different direction from any surface current.

In Undertow, the University of East Anglia’s third annual anthology of work by undergraduate creative writing students, we are proud to present pieces of writing that flow against the surface current and push you into unknown waters. With pieces concerning everything from aliens in Birmingham and the struggle for racial justice to a hotel minibar and children of the sea, this anthology contains some of the best writing that the University of East Anglia has to offer.