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Submitted to Contest #100
“Sorry I’m late. A dog died on the tube.” Even in solid shoes, Leo stumbles into the restaurant, only just missing a waitress as she twirls with a tray in hand. He is nothing if not a martyr of maladroit. He falls into the seat opposite Bailey, who watches him with wavering contempt. Bailey tends to not buy into binary, but it’s obvious to the naked eye that he and Leo want very different things, are very different people. Bailey has been waiting for half an hour, wears a suit he bought for sixth for...
Submitted to Contest #94
They tell her it will be almost painless. And they’re almost right. Later, when the sky’s a milky violet colour, Ailbhe sits in seat 19A, next to the window. She shrinks further into her clothes, wishes she had another layer on. She could grab one from the duffel bag that’s been stuffed into the compartment above her head, but that would mean squeezing into the space of the person next to her, and if she touches Samuel, she’ll never recover. She certainly won’t make it back to Belfast. Back to ...
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