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Ben Sims's literary short stories and flash fiction, once a month, all for free.
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Tree Preservation Order (opens the original)
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Leaving school with no hope of university, Adele suggested a pact with Ethan to become tree surgeons. They weren’t the sort to buy Lottery tickets. She’d seen a tree surgeon that morning, riding high, harnessed, white helmet and orange workwear, like a trapeze artist in the sunlight above the streetscape, giving a sycamore a low fade. Life could be set running as arbitrarily as that. Northampton was Northampton, and tree surgery promised travel—at least to the villages. Besides, they were used t
The Wolf (opens the original)
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“Well it’s, you have to have convincingly cheated on me. Okay. Lewis do you know your lines?”“I know my lines. I think I do.”“Okay, rolling. Rolling, okay.”Kate posted versions of the same Insta reel every day. The caption was always the same: “Confronting my husband when he’s cheated on me.” He had never cheated on her. They had a three-bedroom cottage in buff limestone just outside Stroud. Their cottage was bordered with lavender. The lavender bushes were dusty green and l
Liza Minnelli in the Bedroom (opens the original)
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“Get me a bin Laden. Get me an Osama bin Laden. I don’t care if you ‘ave to knock on every fucking door in Bedfordshire. Find me a bin Laden. Damn it, I need a Bin Laden by Friday.”This was the first thing Heather heard on pushing once more through the glass doors of Celebrity Lookalikes and Impersonators Limited. Gareth sounded like he was beginning to believe he was the agent of the originals, not the lookalikes—someone with Hollywood clout and chutzpah. Chunky gold jewellery on his wrists and
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