COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Do Your Best and Leave the Rest
for Claire Chatelet, by Nic Peard When Claire and I have our first call, she is in a hotel in Folkestone, two hundred and seventy-two miles away from me in York. I can hear the gulls keening nearby as she tells me she’s just getting settled after walking like mad to keep our appointment. I… continue reading »
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Lessons, by Claire Dougher
Loneliness Aidan and Mitchell were always around. There were times of anger and frustration. They didn’t like me that much; they were always making fun of me. Mom was busy with them and not me. I felt lonely. I would wander around my yard, to the pond, the woods, or to my neighbour’s house. I… continue reading »
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A Miner for a Heart of Gold, by Jack Pascoe
Meat City I didn’t think I’d ever been stared at more in my life. As I boarded the flight from Dubai to Beijing, the whole plane, consisting mainly of Chinese people, turned to me like I was a tourist attraction. I don’t mind it when somebody looks at me, but rows upon rows of eyes… continue reading »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
Support, for Kevin Flannagan
From the life of Kevin Flannagan By Lydia Morris — “…and you’re not expecting it, some people you only meet once and it has that instant effect on you, you know?” – Flan. Hand on the steering wheel, he takes a left turn. The sleeve of his coat is still wet from the rain that… continue reading »
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