My grandma Alice is staring into a snow globe. I have shown her how to shake it so the snow falls over the pastoral landscape many times before. Sometimes she remembers, and sometimes she does not. Rosie, her great-granddaughter, my four-year-old niece, is watching...
—2022 London— ‘I’m probably half Chinese, which means you’re one-fourth. You should know. Sorry I haven’t told you before.’ Irene’s father squeezed her hand hard when he uttered these words, as if he’d gathered his last ounce of strength to do so. Irene sat by...
Content warning: miscarriage/abortion, mental illness and ableism Eggs. Eggs, potatoes, onions, spices, oil, tomatoes, ham. Cheese: optional. Eggs. Eggs, potatoes, onions … eggs. It’s a long list. Miranda can remember the first three items but not the rest. She copies...
The first knock comes at 10:40 in the night. We don’t have a peephole, so I call through the door. “Yes? Kaun hai?” A young man’s voice replies, “I want to talk to madam.” “Do you have a name for who you want?” A pause and then an oily whisper: “You ordered from...
‘Jesus disnae need a marketing consultant, an agent or whatever you are.’ Illeism. How has it come tae this? Mary Magdalene came back from the toilet and got herself between Jesus and another mouth-breather. ‘Every powerful man needs a marketing consultant,’ Willie...
Content warning: death or dying All the Souls of the Faithful I kept my head bowed down, not so much out of respect for the dead but as a way to avoid eye contact with the living. My altar boy cassock is slightly yellowed now, handed down year after year until the...
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