We always went to your flat in Walthamstow, but this time there was a problem with the tube. “We’ll get out and walk.” You said. I asked why it was called… “There’ll be a reason for it” You cut in. There’s always a reason for it. There’ll be some bloke who does talks in the back rooms of pubs all… Read it
Author - Gary Budgen
Gary grew up and lives in London. He has had fiction in various places including Interzone, Dark Horizons and recently in the Where Are We Going? anthology edited by Allen Ashley. He is a member of London Clockhouse Writers.
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Sick Rose
Lancaster Gate was a quick way to Paddington, through back streets. There Rose would get a train to Reading and stand beside a grave and not cry. O Rose thou art sick, Mum used to say with her Lancashire accent. Some bit of poem she’d got from somewhere, whispering as she cuddled Rose with meaty arms and the smell of… Read it