Picks of the Month
March
My Mother And I Agree On Something
I lost my Mum last month. She was a funny and wise woman, and I wrote this last year after a conversation during which, for once, we really did agree on something.
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Grimms49
Tony shares a room at the top of the stairs with Bruno. ‘He’s a bed-wetter,’ whispers Julie. ‘We may get him up during the night to take him to the...
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- 1795 reads
February
The Man on the Other End of the Phone
For my dad...
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Flare
The headlights picked out individual snowflakes, quivering cotton drops spliced from the gauzy storm and suspended in their yellow orbs. 'You have to...
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- 2779 reads
January
Breeder of Black Cats
Opal pads across the back of the couch, leaps down onto the arm, and over to Emmalynn. She rubs her soft black head against Emmalynn's hip, seeking...
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Bristol Blue Glass
When I saw the missed calls, I fed my dread with sugar Bracing myself with gulps of vanilla milkshake and chocolate wafers Although I should have...
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- 2897 reads
December
Have You Seen My Sister?
Have you seen my sister? My kin My skin and blister She lives inside a dream Between two scenes She is a drifter Her smile is just a wisp And her...
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These Games We Play with the Universe
“He's beautiful.” I lean past Tasha to get a better look. And she's right, he is. He's unstintingly gorgeous. I put him in his very early twenties,...
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- 1212 reads
October
The Matrix Problem
One morning, I was woken early by a hammering on my back door. I quickly dressed and rushed downstairs, to find Alun in an excitable state. “What’s...
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Branwell Clinic
As I'm finding it difficult to write at the moment, I will continue to let my daughter Julia (Overthetop1) live on through her own writing, until I am ready. Coral Jane (seashore).
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- 4362 reads