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Monthly Archives: January 2019
But Beautiful
A group of people are gathered, shivering, outside a small town registry office. They stamp their feet and hug themselves; some try to smoke a last minute cigarette, cupping hands over lighters, the little metal wheels spinning tchh tchh … Continue reading →
The First Hard Rain
Somewhere over the Irish sea an almighty storm must have exploded, a tempest of such Biblical proportions that a flock of seagulls, a flock of chaotic, tumbling, terrified birds, hundreds upon hundreds of them, had been forced miles inland: herring … Continue reading →
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Tagged Best British Short Stories 2017, Manchester Fiction Prize, short story
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Tiger Feet
Tiger Feet I got to the club at about six thirty, more or less, dressed to kill. When I say club, I mean Ettington Youth Club, England, 1974. There are clubs I go to nowadays which you may … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1970s, bully, child abuse, disco, England, gay, LGBTQ, short story, teenagers, tiger feet, youth club
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