Short Stories
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The purpose of umbrellas
Keep reading: The purpose of umbrellasThis is a short story written about my experience of arrest at an anti-fracking action at Preston New Road in 2017. It was one of those moments when taking direct action can seem so beautiful. I was very ill for 2 months afterwards with a chronic illness flare up. The campaign was won in 2019,…
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Passing on
Keep reading: Passing onHadley has lived a life of heady Caribbean brightness and lush English green, in tender relationship with the plants. Now that he’s come to the end of his days, what will he pass on and to who?
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The Plot
Keep reading: The PlotIn amongst everyday mundanity and parochialism, what revolutionary fervour is bubbling if only we choose to see it? A short story
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Rank
Keep reading: RankA short story on how the richness of life is magnified beyond measure when we finally unlearn our othering; the joy, meaning and connection that we find when we let this falsity go.
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The Music Box
Keep reading: The Music BoxAre there ways to move forwards and let go of the past so that our family history no longer controls us? A short story on this theme.
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The final insult
Keep reading: The final insultChickens have culture; their behaviour varies according to the context they’re in and how much space they have, they need privacy to lay eggs and they create relationships of attachment. A short story of chicken friendship and love.
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Welcoming Spaces
Keep reading: Welcoming SpacesA short story written as an expression of a dream for people who are atomized to come together and push for changes that address the inequalities and power imbalances we’re facing.
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Up and coming
Keep reading: Up and comingA short story about Sean: a landlord who has swallowed the neoliberal pill of believing that he really is helping people by making money out of their housing, even as he lets black mould climb the walls of his tenants. Is there any way for the soul of such a person to start to transform?
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The web shimmers
Keep reading: The web shimmersA short story about Leah, who is living with chronic illness. How can she reclaim her life and her narrative when faced with severe energy impairment?
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Laughable
Keep reading: LaughableA short story about Stuart, a warehouse drone who gets caught up in a chaotic whirl of events as a mysterious pathogen takes hold of the populace, leading to sheer lunacy
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The path out
Keep reading: The path outA short story about Sorcha, who lives some centuries in the future, with a fury of desire to find freedom in spite of her status as slave.
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At least it’s real
Keep reading: At least it’s realA short story about Naia and the bonds she forms after waking up in a strange place with no explanation, and learning to live from the land
From The Heart Grows Wild 