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COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)

Cricket, Lovely Cricket

for Max (Ferdinand) Maxwell, by Zoe Mitchell One The bat is heavy in his hands. Max thumbs his way around it, searching for grip on that well-worn wood. It’s older than his skin, this bat – it’s been softened by other hands, other games played long before he was born. But, for Max, this all… continue reading »

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Invisible London (2017-2019)

The Garden, by Nacima Khan

I sat upon the green softness My tired legs welcomed the relief of rest You were nestled inside Sleeping and still Here we took a moment Here in the garden We connected And here, I hope we will meet again.   Three weeks earlier. November 2018, London Three years after becoming a mother to my… continue reading »

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Stories Against Loneliness (2016)

Pothole, by Fran Brown

I remember the day vividly, and of course I would, as my whole life shifted trajectory. I collapsed into freefall, and all I could do was wait until I found the bottom again. I woke up at six forty-five to leave by seven – any later and I would have been an hour late due… continue reading »

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EastLife (2014-2015)

Stories, by Megan Slade

One Daniel “You know, I read today that it’s common for children to have imaginary friends,” were the words my mother echoed to my father when I introduced them to my best friend Daniel; the red dragon from the Ready Brek adverts, which, now that I think of it, was peculiar, as to this day… continue reading »

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