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I have 59 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 64326 times
and 20 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Hayley Anderton
My stories
The Wardrobe
I like to think of myself as a mother. Items of clothing cling to me like children gripping their mother’s hand as they cross the street. And...
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New Year
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The sky pools out like spilled wine, visible only through the tangle of twigs looming from the trees above. Your hand snags mine, cold through my...
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Playground Games
We were playing tag. You wore a pink anorak – always pink – blonde ponytail bobbing as you scurried across the playground. I was close behind – I...
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More Beast than Beauty
I am stood in the dark. I can hear the stiff conversation between the two girls on the stage, forced and badly delivered. My arms stick out at odd...
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Growing Up
I don’t think about Suzie much. Or at least, I try not to. She has a special place in the back of my mind where she taunts me, a blur of crooked...
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