On the kitchen table a seagull stood, picking at last night’s pizza. It was tugging at a string […]
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‘My Charlie loves a pink wafer.’ Eileen set out a wheel of bright biscuits on the plate. ‘Even […]
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I am a screamer. Anytime I am startled (and I am easily startled), I scream. I can’t seem […]
All I wanted was a sandwich. I asked Ma to make one and now, by some twisted mom-magic, […]
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From the safety of her doorstep, the alpha female of the Over Fifties Club is hollering to me: […]
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Last week at our place in the country, I heard the telltale sound of yard work – that […]
I see from your paperwork that you’re applying for an apartment above your favourite restaurant – utterly impractical, […]
My mother lies on the bed, her austere face a marble effigy of some medieval queen. She’s been […]