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I have 13 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 15973 times and 12 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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Innes May

 

My stories

Cherry

The Kindest Light

Mum, it seems I haven't painted you in the best light lately. Things I've said, things I've written. Making our shadows poetic, and public. But listen, it's because I've found a voice.
Cherry

Sitting on a Plastic Chair

There was no exit strategy, no sustainability there was no protection from the wolves and nobody had the sense to lock the door.
Cherry

Tenderness

Eight or nine. You rubbed my neck in the back of the taxi. This was your apology; it was late, you were drunk again. I was stiff and angry.
Cherry

Never too Late

That rainbow shop has closed now. Amazon stole it's heart. The woman with the cerise dreadlocks went away with her amethysts and interesting books.
Cherry

Carboot

I wince as old women rummage through boxes of my underwear, much of it looking grey and tatty in the open air, in the light of day.

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