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Our Story of the Week is a playful story from the writer Michael Downes. Michael was born in Northern Ireland but currently lives in Victoria, Australia with his eldest son. He enjoys travelling and has worked a variety of jobs. It wasn't until his late twenties that he started writing. Michael now has a novel published in the UK a

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Sophie van Llewyn is the brilliant author behind the magical realist novella, Bottled Goods. In this interview Sophie has shared with us the first time she considered becoming a writer, why she loves the novella-in-flash genre, and what inspired her to write Bottled Goods. How did you start writing? I was in Middle School, and our R

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Our Story of the Week is Last Rites, a death row story from the writer Jim Bartlett. Jim was born in California and spent the better part of his life living and working in the small slice of heaven known as Santa Barbara. Both he and his wife worked within the telecommunications industry. After developing an internal corporate audience

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Our Story of the Week is a startling story from the writer Sophie van Llewyn. Sophie is a Romanian-born author of short stories, flash fiction and, most recently, a Fairlight Moderns novella Bottled Goods, coming on 11 July from Fairlight Books. Sophie grew up in Tulcea, south-east Romania, close to the Danube delta. She is now liv

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Our story of the week is Dobson’s Ministry of Deliverance, a ghost story from the writer D W Evans. Evans has always been passionate about writing. In school he enjoyed creating plays and comic musicals which grew into a focus on plays and monologues in college. He has a particular talent for dialogue which is showcased in his short

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Our story of the week is a story about reflection from the writer Richard Corney. Richard has been writing since he was a child. His first love was poetry, although he did try to write a novel in his twenties. He has published a few poems and a couple of short stories, and has also recently written a novel which is ready for publica

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Our story of the week is a story about loss from the writer Andrew Dicker. Andrew was born in London, where he also went to medical school. In 1991 he started a new NHS practice in Westminster, London after working in rural England and Hong Kong. Since retiring, Andrew has focused on his short fiction. Having enjoyed writing academi

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Our story of the week is survival story from the writer Dr Hannah Stevens. Hannah Stevens has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Leicester. She writes short stories and flash fiction. Hannah's work has been featured in numerous anthologies, magazines and literary journals. She also teaches creative writing workshops in

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Our story of the week is How Barbara Hepworth Learned to Love Holes, a biographical story from the writer Helena Hinn. Helena began writing in 1984. She writes poetry and short fiction. She has been published in Virago, Women’s Press, Faber & Faber and OUP anthologies. Helena currently lives in Newcastle on Tyne. She spends he

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Our story of the week is First Dress Rehearsal, an amusing story from the writer Michael Downes. Michael was born in Northern Ireland but currently he lives in Victoria, Australia in a small country town with his eldest son. He has enjoyed travelling around the world and working a variety of jobs. Michael started writing in his la

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