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In Memory of Shoreham August 22nd 2015

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

On August 22nd 2015, a display jet failed to pull out of a loop and ploughed into traffic waiting at lights on a main road near the airport. Eleven people died. Two pieces – a poem and a story – in the anthology Let Me Tell You a Story were written in response by authors who lived nearby. These are free to read and hear from August 1st in memory of those who died.     News report Contains video and still images. Continue reading In Memory of Shoreham August 22nd 2015

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‘Here the Magic Must Be’ – dedicated to Shoreham

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

This story was a finalist in Flash Fiction Chronicles’ 2014 String-o-Ten and, like many stories, it has a history. This meant very little at the time, beyond personal awe at the way the cosmic forces of gravity and the motion of the moon and planets become crystallised at the turning of a tide on a river. Finding a bunch of roses lodged in a shrub on the river bank where they would not be  swept out to sea or blown away sparked the theme – a woman investing hope in those forces following a deep tragic loss. If magic exists … Continue reading ‘Here the Magic Must Be’ – dedicated to Shoreham

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‘Control’

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

There were many parts of Rosa that acted outside of her direct control and she would watch from somewhere above or outside while they got on with it. Most of the time they just responded to whoever was in the room, but occasionally one took the initiative and went out on a limb, so to speak. Part of the current Mash Stories competition, Control contains the three necessary key words, ankle, fashion, and criminal, and opens a small window on the world of a woman or girl victim of abuse. The story draws on recent events in Yorkshire, UK where child … Continue reading ‘Control’

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‘Spirits of the Freeze-Sea’

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Spirits of the Freeze-Sea is the story of the dreadful consequences for Izzy and her sister Shalla when Izzy forgets she mustn’t close her eyes to the ice spirits. Told in three parts, Spirits of the Freeze-Sea brings together All the Birthdays*, Dancing to the Wild Ice**, and the new Shalla’s First Ice Shatter.  Available for eReader download from Cut A Long Story, price 99p. Full story below. Spirits of the Freeze-Sea  *All the Birthdays When it’s our birthday, when the ice breaks and the spirits burst through, you have to dodge out of the way and cover your head so they … Continue reading ‘Spirits of the Freeze-Sea’

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