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Break the Child: Chapter Thirty-eight: He's Here
Chapter Thirty-Eight Oh, my Goodness, he’s here. My baby brother has been born and he’s the only good thig in my whole entire life, because—you see—...
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Break the Child: Chapter Thirty-Seven: big White Teeth and Fake Smiles
Chapter Thirty-Seven Janet Denton had big white teeth and she smiled all the time. She had a silver teddy bear broach on the lapel of her jacket...
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Hours
We watch from the window. The sky as it becomes the colour of wine, as it darkens and deepens and purples into rich shades of red and violet; an...
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Break The Child: Chapter Thirty-six: Is he here yet?
Chapter Thirty-Six I had a bad night. I woke up three times and was sick. The first two times my dad was with me and he held my hair up and rubbed my...
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Pins (6)
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Pins (5)
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The Mauler: Part 3-The Oasis
He’d gone at least a mile. Walking, slowly. He’d torn his shirt to tatters in order to bandage the wound. He’d managed to stop the bleeding, at least...
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In a World Gone Mad: Thursday 2 July 2020...2
Teagan is a nightmare, Teagan, and Arthur together—well there aren’t enough adjectives in the language to describe what it’s like. I caved and took...
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In a World gone Mad: 2 July 2020...1
Thursday 2 July 2020 I’m tired—but I am sleeping. The total madness of a few weeks ago has gone. Between getting up to Arthur—which is never going to...
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Nineteen and the Mermaids
Found after a storm by a walker out on his own after a Christmas lunch for one, was a sand letter and three pairs of clogs which were in truth...
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Strongbox
I have to be careful that’s all. All the time, with all my thoughts. It’s exhausting really, just remembering, always, always, always remembering. I...
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The Envy of Footprints
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It was that fox again. The one with the limp. It nosed around the garden’s border, in the cold November dawn. The ears twitched as it hobbled, each...
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Ramadan
I’m trying to find a piece of paper with the dates of Ramadan on it. The Muslim religious festival. For those of you that know me, you’d be right on...
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In a world Gone Mad: 1 July 2020 ...3
Well, I have my Magic the Gathering cards. Andy has already said that when I die he would like them—yeah not a chance sunshine. You might be a good...
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In a World gone Mad: 1 July 2020 ... 2
She has a rash and is scratching all the time. She’s going through a furious moult, I’ve never seen a dog loose so much hair. I’ve been asking to get...
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In a World Gone Mad: 1 July 2020...1
Wednesday 1 July 2020 I have found some time to write—it will probably be about five minutes before Max comes back from dropping Andy off at this...
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Geraniums
As long as there's a place
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Brief Romance
One from the archive.
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The Cherry Orchard
Sharing the fruit.
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