Desi’s Doctor Reading time: about 2-3 minutes The metal gates rang like crazed gamelan under the fists of the mob. The chorus shouted and clapped. My clients were unsettled by the ruckus; the old man with a lump in his throat and the woman with a bloated tongue. They whispered, sharing doubts, and that I […]
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Occupational Hazard Reading time: about 2-3 minutes Session 1 ‘Your patient is here, Ruby.’ Maddie, the temp who smelled like lilies, handed me the paperwork. June Allen, 46, marital issue. Maddie giggled. ‘She’s a chatty one.’ ‘She’s in the right place. Chatting is my jam. Send her in.’ Before I got to my feet, June
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Britain vs the world: flash battle 2024 The results Summary Judges’ Comments Top 10 Team Results It’s a knockout! That’s it. Stop pummelling each other, please. Go and get some electrolytes. Maybe consider a shower. Britain vs The World: Flash Battle 2024 is a wrap! We’ve read all the entries – 120+ from 5 continents,
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Himalayan Blues Reading time: about 10-15 minutes Week 17, Wednesday March 12th 1913 How I wish I had never heard of this infernal flower. I have gazed upon it many times in my feverish dreams, so desperate am I to see it for myself. As it now stands, my quest is temporarily thwarted. I lie
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Sign up for next month’s newsletter content updates, artworks, competition news (and frogs) – direct to your inbox May 2024 Newsletter Reading time: about 5 minutes May wol have no slogardie a-night. So true, Geoff, so true. At EGG+FROG, we’ll certainly be banging the keys all hours to bring you another month of literary mania.
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Inspirations #1 ‘Inspirations’ is our sometime feature where our writers delve into the genesis of their work and/or their creative process. Follow the links to fall in love with them all over again, or visit our ever-growing Archive to discover new favourites. Contents: 1. david lambert 2. Jennifer Todd 3. Rebecca miles 4. Dominic palmer
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Removal Reading time: about 2 minutes The room seems to have more shadows with it bare. Empty shelves. There had been vases and books and objects, articles of life. Modern art in oak frames; how cultured they were, their easy touch of class. He runs his hand on the wood: feeling fragments, smelling dust. Remembers
I thought of you I thought of you as gentle sun light dancing in my hair, and as the dandelion seeds that float on hazy air I thought of you as springtime rain that falls and runs away, and as the sweet pink honey in the clover,
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Reenactment Reading time: about 7-8 minutes The history books said that it must take place on the twenty-second of January. Lying in bed, dressed in a plain white gown, head covered by a lace veil decorated with myrtle leaves, Alex Osborne wondered if people would be angry. At the head of the bed, Malcolm had
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Barcelona During the night I play dead for 6 hours or so, my last rites sung out by drunken voices on the Rambla. There is a wine spot in my dreams, which always seem to take place at the end of my second cousin’s quinceañera. You’re always there – of course you are – your
