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Category Archive: Style

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Mind the Puddle, Duck by Lucy Goldring

‘Oh, please come and see us!’ we implored him. I am struggling, thirty years on, to untangle the […]

Short StoriesStyle Posted on November 1, 2021January 10, 2026
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Obituary for a Favorite Pair of Size 8 True Religion Jeans by Jennifer Marie Donahue

A well-worn pair of Size 8 True Religion jeans, with trademark horseshoe stitching on the back pocket, were […]

LifeStyle Posted on October 24, 2021December 13, 2021
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Why I Avoid French Doors during Thunderstorms by Gwen Martin

One summer in the mid-1960s, I worked as a teenage nanny to three children: Helen aged nine, Brian […]

LifeStyle Posted on October 10, 2021December 13, 2021
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Awakening by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris

When Kellie pats the stool and asks me to pop up, I give her my I ain’t popped […]

LifeStyle Posted on October 1, 2021December 13, 2021
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Talent in a Fishbowl by Melissa Vardy

‘I first discovered my epic work of poetry in my mother’s loft,’ explains middle-aged mother of two, Angela […]

Short StoriesStyleWork Posted on October 1, 2021December 13, 2021
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Paused by Karen Jones

Celia should, they say, tone down her make-up, crop her hair, take up knitting, macrame, embroidery and baking, […]

Style Posted on September 24, 2021December 13, 2021
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One Night Hands by Michelle Harvey

This will be one of those relationships with a planned end date. The first time I was naked […]

Style Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021
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Yellow Ribbon by Lena MacDonald

An old tree stands on a worn pavement in front of a suburban semi. At least fifty rings […]

Short StoriesStyle Posted on August 14, 2021December 13, 2021
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The Art of Choosing the Perfect Tattoo by Maria Thomas

When he was younger, Johnny Depp got a tattoo for his fiancée which said ‘Winona forever’, and then […]

LifeStyle Posted on August 1, 2021December 13, 2021
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A Hairy Tale by Sravanthi Challapalli

Somewhere in the periphery of my vision, something glinted. Said vision was focused on my mirror-image, so when […]

Style Posted on July 28, 2021January 10, 2026
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Discussions from behind the Bike Sheds at Manor Hill Comprehensive, 1991 by Emma Robertson

‘Computing next – bloody waste of time.’ Becky exhales, smoke coming out of her nostrils as well as […]

Short StoriesStyle Posted on July 16, 2021December 13, 2021
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No One Came to My Taylor Swift Cover Concert by Ana McLaughlin

It’s been tough having to watch my community suffer through the Covid-19 pandemic, and I’ve spent months trying […]

Short StoriesStyle Posted on May 22, 2021December 13, 2021
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Allergy by Patty Bamford

I take the subway from Central Park West down to Brooklyn. I’m headed to a party that some […]

StyleTrue Stories Posted on May 22, 2021December 13, 2021
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Am I More than Just a Gorgeous Lesbian? By Jenna Wimshurst

I’m a lesbian, and yes, it is the most interesting thing about me. But sometimes I feel that […]

StyleTrue Stories Posted on February 28, 2021December 14, 2021

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