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The Anchoress

It is darkening outside, and the doctor is leaving. He is finished. The cold circle of his stethoscope and the hopeful pinch of his fingers are still here and so is the too-bright bedside bulb. The lamp is on, and the blinds are down. …

Short Story

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The Anchoress
The Anchoress
Short Story

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Jul 24

From the ancestors

for young ladies who will grow old We would like it if you would come out from under the covers to see the stars. We would like it if you would take the long route and drive just slightly unsafely. We would like it if you would stay for dinner…

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Dec 18, 2022

The Diary of Mrs Pepys

a thank you by way of highlights for Ponsonby Senior In 1934 a woman called, I believe, Deborah Senior published the fictional diary of Elizabeth Pepys, née St Michael. The author has recalled writing the diary ‘purely for self-amusement.’ I came across it in the stacks of the London Library…

Pepys

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The Diary of Mrs Pepys
The Diary of Mrs Pepys
Pepys

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Aug 10, 2022

Lawn Magic

Three years after I moved to the country house, I hired a gardener. Before that, I pushed a dinky mower through the near reaches of the grounds and left the perimeters to themselves. I planted an azalea bush or two out front and lopped the hedges in the back into…

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Lawn Magic
Lawn Magic

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Oct 9, 2021

Stuffed Peppers

Someone traveling alone … will see, within the context of his own capacity for observation … everything upon which he focuses his attention. If there are two travelers, each one will be able to see no more than half of these things; a quarter of them if there are four…

Hyperbolic Tourism

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Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed Peppers
Hyperbolic Tourism

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Aug 27, 2021

Weirdstone of where?

Or, Grimnir’s origins revealed Six months ago, I knew nothing about Alan Garner. Today, five of his books are stacked on my desk. Only one of them is mine to keep. I’ve renewed one of the remaining three seven times now from the library. I’m at that place where I…

Fantasy

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Weirdstone of where?
Weirdstone of where?
Fantasy

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Jul 24, 2021

Paired Reading

or, if you prefer, a whole flight Read this… with this

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Paired Reading
Paired Reading

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Jul 20, 2021

It was less than a year ago that I sat in this same armchair and, watching Steve McQueen’s…

It was less than a year ago that I sat in this same armchair and, watching Steve McQueen’s house-party, felt so very grateful to him. For giving us this ‘drama’ with no drama. For filming joy in real time. …

New Cross Fire

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New Cross Fire

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Jul 15, 2021

Alimentary Armistice

Because it had been ages since she had visited and because she hated revising in the dorm, Lucy rang up Gilly on a February evening and said, “Gilly, might I come down for the weekend?” Gilly, who lived alone in a bungalow on the southern bank of the Avon, said…

Flash Fiction

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Alimentary Armistice
Alimentary Armistice
Flash Fiction

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Dec 28, 2020

Unreserved seating

The 6:12 was ready to depart. The last passenger, harried and hurried, climbed on board and, hoisting his wheeled case behind him awkwardly, queried the guard. “Yes. You will find a toilet at the end of each car,” he was assured. The platform was now empty. The handful of people…

Fiction

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Fiction

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