Category: News!
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Didn’t Mean It – Mark Burrow
Owen Price had ginger hair, a galaxy of freckles, cheap glasses, and was flummoxed by maths. He did at least have a flair for telling stories. Usually real whoppers. He made one up in my class about his younger brother having an oblong head after falling into a toolbox as…
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What Color is Your Machine Gun? – Laura Bogner
I saw someone watching a crow circling above Old Woman’s Springs Road shortly before my Tesla crashed into the wash on the way home from my eye exam. I stumbled, cursing up a storm, my sunglasses hanging off one ear, when Henderson sprang into action and saved me from stepping…
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A Man’s Gotta Eat – JP Relph
We sit at the segregated table with our “frozen treats”. It’s the Summer Fayre and, in her earlier impassioned speech, the Mayor said everyone should have ice-cream. Even them. We don’t want ice-cream. It’s so fucking cold. A recipe apparently created for our “unique tastes”: it’s grey, grainy, full of…
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Who’s the Daddy? – Madeleine Armstrong
I never expected to become a grandma at forty. But then I never expected my daughter, Lou, to get pregnant at 15. She was always such a sweet, sensible girl. But then it happened and every time I looked at her I couldn’t help thinking…slut. Harsh, I know. But…
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XYZ – Tabitha Bast
Dear Villains of all Nations, Greetings from the frontline of the floods. I still can’t get that damp stench out of the carpet but I have muscles like She-Ra from lugging those sandbags about. But before I update you on our shared matters I need to inform you of…
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The Martian Dream – AJ Stanton
You are on a quest. A simple one. The kind of quest where it’s good versus evil. But not your normal kind of quest, as there’s no discernible source of conflict. You are in a city. You are not sure which planet, but it is not Earth. You haven’t seen…
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Dry Season – Linda M. Bayley
Ethan Preston, Jimmy Preston’s oldest boy, is sixteen and stays away from the house as much as he can. His brother James, only two years younger, is so small and nervous he has no friends and no place to go after school besides home. James stays close to his mother,…
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The Youth of Today – Nick Guthrie
Some people… they’re asking for it really, aren’t they? I watch as the old lady hauls herself out of the car, pauses to check inside her handbag and nod to herself, and finally, finally, heads inside the shop carrying a big envelope. She’ll be going to the Post Office counter…
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6 Microstates in 6 Micro-visits by Colin Woodgate
Non-fiction 2/6 – Malta Our next microstate on the list was Malta, this was also a one-day trip, but as it is the furthest away, it was easier to visit as part of a cruise holiday. The beauty of Malta started offshore at about 5am. My eldest daughter and I…
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Colin and Kieren run for e.a.c.h.
The adventure continues for these kind hearted but slightly crazy couple of buggers! We couldn’t be any prouder of Colin for putting his body through utter misery while we look on scoffing Xmas leftovers. This amazing charity piece is exactly what UPP are all about. Combining words with good deeds…
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