Writing until the light goes out

Writing until the light goes out

Short stories

Hester

Nov 23, 2023
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Hester

What Hester could see from her seat as the train picked up speed and began to rattle towards Ruislip was unsatisfactory. She had never found the suburbs particularly edifying; she wasn’t even sure if she understood them that well. But today they seemed especially disappointing, and even the falling dusk and the oncoming orange hue cast by street l…

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