Funny Pearls are proud to present 2021 short story competition runner-up: FAMILY MAGIC Sascha Goluboff My mother […]
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The waitress is about my age, but she looks older. She’s wearing orthopaedic shoes and a black frilled […]
Day 1 I awoke from my slumber with a bad cold this morning and, as I’m due to […]
The phone call came at 6:03 PM that Saturday and lasted thirty-two seconds. My Neapolitan grandmother, Tina, who […]
Sally corners me in the cereal aisle. Stuck between weetabix and muesli with a milk-stained Baby Bjorn strapped […]
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Pick them up early from the party. (‘Everyone else is staying until midnight. You’re so embarrassing.’) Pick them […]
The residents of Pokey Gardens had been experiencing a long sultry summer, and nerves were frayed. The Pokey […]
It began in March when Jo’s thoughts turned to her garden. She lived on the moor to the […]