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I have 178 stories published in
10 collections on the site.
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Christopher Caldwell
I grew up in England and have since made a home in France, on the banks of the Loire. My writing explores how family, place, and history leave their traces on us.
My stories
A Tapestry in Eighteen Panels
Panel I: The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers A shield quartered with dolphins and sea-lions, gold and azure, a trident piercing waves. Lions wear...
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Sandwiches, Wittgenstein and a Log
In the summer of 1991, James and I decided to make the last Grand Tour. He called it that, of course — I was just along for the ride. James had been...
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My first new beginning
As a young boy, I grew up in a small village in leafy suburban Surrey, where hedges were trimmed and cars taken for their Sunday wash. When my...
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In response to Luigi's Morning Mail
I want good news, but not the kind doled out like cute puppies to blot out massacres, sunsets to obscure famine. No. That’s comfort served not as...
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There's an element of The Two Ronnies about this
[Courtroom set. Barker (Counsel) rises, papers in hand. Corbett (Professor Plomb) is in the dock, looking dignified but slightly bewildered.] Barker...
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