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Sally

Sally closed her mother’s bedroom door quietly and as she stood in the darkness of the hallway, felt the weight of exhaustion descend. After they had watched the tail lights of the police car disappear around the corner, Hannah had allowed herself to be put back to bed without complaint but also without apology. UnwillingContinue reading “Sally”

Posted bysophieraudnitz19th Aug 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags:Biographical fiction, family stories, Short storiesLeave a comment on Sally

Esther

(TW domestic violence) The Dunhill she’d lit sat in the dip of the ashtray. She got through a pack a day but barely took three puffs of each, liking the ritual and the smell as they burned though not really the act of smoking itself. Tonight, though Esther had craved it, the cigarette turned herContinue reading “Esther”

Posted bysophieraudnitz19th Aug 202219th Aug 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags:Biographical fiction, family stories, Short storyLeave a comment on Esther

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