My first fictional story. There are no physical descriptions or names so as to allow our minds to fill in those details based on our own experiences from our own cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds. What image did your mind create of the couple? Did certain people come to mind?
shortstories
Each of our lives has many facets/personas, and rarely does anyone get to see them all. In this story, Phil Petree shares his.
(I'm sure there are other names I didn't cover.)
A CHAOS OF LIGHT
New Writing Scotland 43
Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher
“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”
The latest & best collection of new writing in English, Gaelic, & Scots, coming Aug 2025 – available for preorder from all good bookshops!
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Now on #Hoopla! Relics From A Traveling Show has:
⭐Whimsy
🐲A gargoyle
🪄Magical schools
👵Heroic aunties saving the day
😈Evil bureaucrats getting their comeuppance
(yes, I'm clueless about emoji, but I swear it's a really good bunch stories & you might love one or all of them.)
also at all the usual vendors:
books2read.com/RelicsFromATravelingShow
WRITERS!
Submissions are invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, Gaelic, & Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
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The latest issue of NORTHWORDS NOW (#46, Summer–Autumn 2025) is available free online – featuring poems, short stories, articles & book reviews, in English, Gaelic & Scots
New writing, fresh from Scotland and the wider North
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https://www.northwordsnow.co.uk/Issue46
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